Dig straight down from the middle of the Gulf of Sidra 🌊 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 Cook Islands 🇨🇰. Below are the Gulf of Sidra's key facts and a closer look at its antipode.
| Area | 58,320 km² (22,517 sq mi) |
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| Bordering countries | Libya 🇱🇾 |
| Also written | golfo de Sirte (es) · Golfe de Syrte (fr) · 锡德拉湾 (zh) · خليج سرت (ar) · Сидра (ru) · シドラ湾 (ja) |
Taken from the middle of the Gulf of Sidra, that point sits at 31.2050° S, 161.5199° W. The nearest coast is Cook Islands 🇨🇰, roughly 1,121 km (697 miles) south.
The closest settlement of any size is Nuku'alofa, Tonga, about 1,764 km (1,096 miles) from the point.
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