Dig straight down from the middle of the Gulf of Aden 🌊 and you would come out on the exact opposite side of the globe — in open water in the South Pacific Ocean 🌊, off the coast of French Polynesia 🇵🇫. Below are the Gulf of Aden's key facts and a closer look at its antipode.
| Area | 258,445 km² (99,786 sq mi) |
|---|---|
| Bordering countries | Yemen 🇾🇪 · Somaliland 🌍 · Somalia 🇸🇴 · Djibouti 🇩🇯 |
| Also written | Golfo de Adén (es) · golfe d'Aden (fr) · 亚丁湾 (zh) · خليج عدن (ar) · Аденский залив (ru) · アデン湾 (ja) |
Taken from the middle of the Gulf of Aden, that point sits at 12.8778° S, 131.8291° W. The nearest coast is French Polynesia 🇵🇫, roughly 787 km (489 miles) east.
The closest settlement of any size is Papeete, French Polynesia, about 1,971 km (1,225 miles) from the point.
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