Dig straight down from the middle of the Hudson Strait 🌊 and you would come out on the exact opposite side of the globe — in open water in the Southern Ocean 🌊, off the coast of Antarctica 🇦🇶. Below are the Hudson Strait's key facts and a closer look at its antipode.
| Area | 162,631 km² (62,792 sq mi) |
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| Bordering countries | Canada 🇨🇦 |
| Also written | Estrecho de Hudson (es) · détroit d'Hudson (fr) · 哈得逊海峡 (zh) · مضيق هدسون (ar) · Гудзонов пролив (ru) · ハドソン海峡 (ja) |
Taken from the middle of the Hudson Strait, that point sits at 62.5568° S, 106.0860° E. The nearest coast is Antarctica 🇦🇶, roughly 411 km (255 miles) north.
The closest settlement of any size is Casey Station, Antarctica, about 466 km (290 miles) from the point.
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