Dig straight down from the middle of the Gulf of Martaban 🌊 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 Peru 🇵🇪. Below are the Gulf of Martaban's key facts and a closer look at its antipode.
| Area | 30,136 km² (11,636 sq mi) |
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| Bordering countries | Myanmar 🇲🇲 |
| Also written | Golfo de Martaban (es) · Golfe de Martaban (fr) · 馬達班灣 (zh) · خليج مرتبان (ar) · Моутама (ru) · マルダバン湾 (ja) |
Taken from the middle of the Gulf of Martaban, that point sits at 16.2116° S, 83.2419° W. The nearest coast is Peru 🇵🇪, roughly 782 km (486 miles) west.
The closest settlement of any size is Lima, Peru, about 812 km (505 miles) from the point.
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