Dig straight down from the middle of the Gulf of Olen‘k 🌊 and you would come out on the exact opposite side of the globe — in open water in the Weddell Sea 🌊, off the coast of Antarctica 🇦🇶. Below are the Gulf of Olen‘k's key facts and a closer look at its antipode.
| Area | 9,024 km² (3,484 sq mi) |
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| Bordering countries | Russia 🇷🇺 |
| Also written | Gulf of Olen‘k (es) · Olenekskiy Zaliv (fr) · 奥兰克湾 (zh) · خليج أولينك (ar) · Оленёкский залив (ru) · オレンク湾 (ja) |
Taken from the middle of the Gulf of Olen‘k, that point sits at 73.2201° S, 58.9428° W. The nearest coast is Antarctica 🇦🇶, roughly 39 km (24 miles) south-east.
The closest settlement of any size is San Martín Base, Antarctica, about 641 km (398 miles) from the point.
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