Dig straight down from the middle of the Gulf of Honduras 🌊 and you would come out on the exact opposite side of the globe — in open water in the Indian Ocean 🌊, off the coast of Indian Ocean Territories 🇦🇺. Below are the Gulf of Honduras's key facts and a closer look at its antipode.
| Area | 15,180 km² (5,861 sq mi) |
|---|---|
| Bordering countries | Belize 🇧🇿 · Honduras 🇭🇳 · Guatemala 🇬🇹 |
| Also written | Golfo de Honduras (es) · Golfe du Honduras (fr) · 洪都拉斯湾 (zh) · خليج هندوراس (ar) · Гондурасский залив (ru) · ホンジュラス湾 (ja) |
Taken from the middle of the Gulf of Honduras, that point sits at 16.5606° S, 92.0113° E. The nearest coast is Indian Ocean Territories 🇦🇺, roughly 712 km (442 miles) south-west.
The closest settlement of any size is Bandar Lampung, Indonesia, about 1,902 km (1,182 miles) from the point.
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