Dig straight down from the middle of the Gulf of Khambhät 🌊 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 Chile 🇨🇱. Below are the Gulf of Khambhät's key facts and a closer look at its antipode.
| Area | 23,163 km² (8,943 sq mi) |
|---|---|
| Bordering countries | India 🇮🇳 |
| Also written | Golfo de Khambhat (es) · Golfe de Cambay (fr) · 坎贝湾 (zh) · خليج كمبات (ar) · Камбейский залив (ru) · カンバート湾 (ja) |
Taken from the middle of the Gulf of Khambhät, that point sits at 21.0270° S, 107.7308° W. The nearest coast is Chile 🇨🇱, roughly 692 km (430 miles) north.
The closest settlement of any size is Santa Cruz, Ecuador, about 2,959 km (1,839 miles) from the point.
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