Dig straight down from the middle of the Gulf of Tonkin 🌊 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 Chile 🇨🇱. Below are the Gulf of Tonkin's key facts and a closer look at its antipode.
| Area | 115,431 km² (44,568 sq mi) |
|---|---|
| Bordering countries | China 🇨🇳 · Vietnam 🇻🇳 |
| Also written | Golfo de Tonkín (es) · Golfe du Tonkin (fr) · 北部湾 (zh) · خليج تونكين (ar) · Бакбо (ru) · トンキン湾 (ja) |
Taken from the middle of the Gulf of Tonkin, that point sits at 19.8965° S, 72.3702° W. The nearest coast is Chile 🇨🇱, roughly 230 km (143 miles) west.
The closest settlement of any size is Iquique, Chile, about 237 km (147 miles) from the point.
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