Dig straight down from the middle of the Gulf of Maine 🌊 and you would come out on the exact opposite side of the globe — in open water in the Indian Ocean 🌊, off the coast of Australia 🇦🇺. Below are the Gulf of Maine's key facts and a closer look at its antipode.
| Area | 71,930 km² (27,772 sq mi) |
|---|---|
| Bordering countries | United States of America 🇺🇸 · Canada 🇨🇦 |
| Also written | Golfo de Maine (es) · golfe du Maine (fr) · 缅因湾 (zh) · خليج ماين (ar) · Мэн (ru) · メイン湾 (ja) |
Taken from the middle of the Gulf of Maine, that point sits at 43.2417° S, 111.4824° E. The nearest coast is Australia 🇦🇺, roughly 1,016 km (631 miles) south.
The closest settlement of any size is Albany, Australia, about 1,068 km (664 miles) from the point.
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