Dig straight down from the middle of the Gulf of Alaska 🌊 and you would come out on the exact opposite side of the globe — in open water in the Indian Ocean 🌊, off the coast of South Africa 🇿🇦. Below are the Gulf of Alaska's key facts and a closer look at its antipode.
| Area | 426,465 km² (164,659 sq mi) |
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| Bordering countries | United States of America 🇺🇸 |
| Also written | Golfo de Alaska (es) · Golfe d'Alaska (fr) · 阿拉斯加湾 (zh) · خليج ألاسكا (ar) · Аляскинский залив (ru) · アラスカ湾 (ja) |
Taken from the middle of the Gulf of Alaska, that point sits at 57.3591° S, 32.6402° E. The nearest coast is South Africa 🇿🇦, roughly 1,206 km (749 miles) south.
The closest settlement of any size is Showa Station, Antarctica, about 1,344 km (835 miles) from the point.
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