Dig straight down from the middle of the Gulf of Masira 🌊 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 Pitcairn Islands 🇵🇳. Below are the Gulf of Masira's key facts and a closer look at its antipode.
| Area | 8,236 km² (3,180 sq mi) |
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| Bordering countries | Oman 🇴🇲 |
| Also written | Golfo de Masira (es) · Golfe de Masira (fr) · 马西拉湾 (zh) · خليج مصيرة (ar) · залив Масира (ru) · マシラ湾 (ja) |
Taken from the middle of the Gulf of Masira, that point sits at 19.8795° S, 121.9058° W. The nearest coast is Pitcairn Islands 🇵🇳, roughly 824 km (512 miles) north-east.
The closest settlement of any size is Papeete, French Polynesia, about 2,922 km (1,816 miles) from the point.
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