Dig straight down from the middle of the Gulf of Kutch 🌊 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 Kutch's key facts and a closer look at its antipode.
| Area | 6,990 km² (2,699 sq mi) |
|---|---|
| Bordering countries | India 🇮🇳 |
| Also written | Golfo de Kutch (es) · Golfe de Kutch (fr) · 嘎奇湾 (zh) · خليج كوتش (ar) · Качский залив (ru) · カッチ湾 (ja) |
Taken from the middle of the Gulf of Kutch, that point sits at 22.6658° S, 110.4216° W. The nearest coast is Chile 🇨🇱, roughly 500 km (311 miles) north.
The closest settlement of any size is Santa Cruz, Ecuador, about 3,281 km (2,039 miles) from the point.
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