Dig straight down from the middle of the Gulf of Guinea 🌊 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 Kiribati 🇰🇮. Below are the Gulf of Guinea's key facts and a closer look at its antipode.
| Area | 639,455 km² (246,895 sq mi) |
|---|---|
| Bordering countries | Ivory Coast 🇨🇮 · Ghana 🇬🇭 · Gabon 🇬🇦 · Equatorial Guinea 🇬🇶 · Nigeria 🇳🇬 · São Tomé and Principe 🇸🇹 · Cameroon 🇨🇲 |
| Also written | Golfo de Guinea (es) · golfe de Guinée (fr) · 几内亚湾 (zh) · خليج غينيا (ar) · Гвинейский залив (ru) · ギニア湾 (ja) |
Taken from the middle of the Gulf of Guinea, that point sits at 2.6372° S, 175.9734° W. The nearest coast is Kiribati 🇰🇮, roughly 275 km (171 miles) north-west.
The closest settlement of any size is Funafuti, Tuvalu, about 843 km (524 miles) from the point.
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