Dig straight down from the middle of the Gulf of Sakhalin 🌊 and you would come out on the exact opposite side of the globe — in open water in the South Atlantic Ocean 🌊, off the coast of South Georgia and the Islands 🇬🇸. Below are the Gulf of Sakhalin's key facts and a closer look at its antipode.
| Area | 14,139 km² (5,459 sq mi) |
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| Bordering countries | Russia 🇷🇺 |
| Also written | Golfo de Sajalín (es) · Golfe de Sakhaline (fr) · 萨哈林湾 (zh) · خليج سخالين (ar) · Сахалинский залив (ru) · サハリン湾 (ja) |
Taken from the middle of the Gulf of Sakhalin, that point sits at 53.7748° S, 38.4655° W. The nearest coast is South Georgia and the Islands 🇬🇸, roughly 39 km (24 miles) north-west.
The closest settlement of any size is Orcadas Station, Antarctica, about 860 km (534 miles) from the point.
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