Dig straight down from the middle of the Gulf of Bothnia 🌊 and you would come out on the exact opposite side of the globe — in open water in the Southern Ocean 🌊, off the coast of Antarctica 🇦🇶. Below are the Gulf of Bothnia's key facts and a closer look at its antipode.
| Area | 120,176 km² (46,400 sq mi) |
|---|---|
| Bordering countries | Finland 🇫🇮 · Sweden 🇸🇪 · Aland 🇦🇽 |
| Also written | Golfo de Botnia (es) · golfe de Botnie (fr) · 波的尼亞灣 (zh) · خليج بوثنيه (ar) · Ботнический залив (ru) · ボスニア湾 (ja) |
Taken from the middle of the Gulf of Bothnia, that point sits at 62.7632° S, 160.4423° W. The nearest coast is Antarctica 🇦🇶, roughly 1,596 km (992 miles) north — far enough out that no shore would be in sight.
The closest settlement of any size is Zucchelli Station, Antarctica, about 1,890 km (1,174 miles) from the point.
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