Dig straight down from the middle of the Java Sea 🌊 and you would come out on the exact opposite side of the globe — in Venezuela 🇻🇪, near Puerto Ayacucho. Below are the Java Sea's key facts and a closer look at its antipode.
| Area | 549,427 km² (212,135 sq mi) |
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| Bordering countries | Indonesia 🇮🇩 |
| Also written | mar de Java (es) · mer de Java (fr) · 爪哇海 (zh) · بحر جاوة (ar) · Яванское море (ru) · ジャワ海 (ja) |
Taken from the middle of the Java Sea, that point sits at 5.1649° N, 67.5677° W. The closest town to it is Puerto Ayacucho, Venezuela, about 56 km (35 miles) away.
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