Dig straight down from the middle of the Greenland Sea 🌊 and you would come out on the exact opposite side of the globe — in open water in the Ross Sea 🌊, off the coast of Antarctica 🇦🇶. Below are the Greenland Sea's key facts and a closer look at its antipode.
| Area | 1,190,005 km² (459,463 sq mi) |
|---|---|
| Bordering countries | Greenland 🇬🇱 · Norway 🇳🇴 · Iceland 🇮🇸 |
| Also written | mar de Groenlandia (es) · mer du Groenland (fr) · 格陵兰海 (zh) · بحر جرينلاند (ar) · Гренландское море (ru) · グリーンランド海 (ja) |
Taken from the middle of the Greenland Sea, that point sits at 74.2773° S, 173.2028° E. The nearest coast is Antarctica 🇦🇶, roughly 131 km (81 miles) south-east.
The closest settlement of any size is Zucchelli Station, Antarctica, about 270 km (168 miles) from the point.
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