Dig straight down from the middle of the Gulf of Yana 🌊 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 Yana's key facts and a closer look at its antipode.
| Area | 63,995 km² (24,709 sq mi) |
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| Bordering countries | Russia 🇷🇺 |
| Also written | Bahía del Yana (es) · Golfe de Iana (fr) · 亞納灣 (zh) · خليج يانا (ar) · Янский залив (ru) · ヤナ湾 (ja) |
Taken from the middle of the Gulf of Yana, that point sits at 73.1108° S, 42.5195° W. The nearest coast is Antarctica 🇦🇶, roughly 564 km (350 miles) north.
The closest settlement of any size is Belgrano II Base, Antarctica, about 572 km (355 miles) from the point.
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