Dig straight down from the middle of the Hecate Strait 🌊 and you would come out on the exact opposite side of the globe — in open water in the Indian Ocean 🌊, off the coast of French Southern and Antarctic Lands 🇹🇫. Below are the Hecate Strait's key facts and a closer look at its antipode.
| Area | 28,975 km² (11,187 sq mi) |
|---|---|
| Bordering countries | Canada 🇨🇦 · United States of America 🇺🇸 |
| Also written | Estrecho de Hécate (es) · détroit d'Hecate (fr) · 赫卡特海峡 (zh) · مضيق هيكات (ar) · Хекате (ru) · ヘキト海峡 (ja) |
Taken from the middle of the Hecate Strait, that point sits at 53.7827° S, 48.9270° E. The nearest coast is French Southern and Antarctic Lands 🇹🇫, roughly 841 km (523 miles) south.
The closest settlement of any size is Mawson Station, Antarctica, about 1,706 km (1,060 miles) from the point.
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