Dig straight down from the middle of the Karskiye 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 Karskiye Strait's key facts and a closer look at its antipode.
| Area | 29 km² (11 sq mi) |
|---|---|
| Bordering countries | Russia 🇷🇺 |
| Also written | Estrecho de Kara (es) · Kara Strait (fr) · 卡尔斯基耶海峡 (zh) · مضيق كارا (ar) · пролив Карские ворота (ru) · カラスキエボロタ海峡 (ja) |
Taken from the middle of the Karskiye Strait, that point sits at 70.4491° S, 121.0636° W. The nearest coast is Antarctica 🇦🇶, roughly 366 km (227 miles) north.
The closest settlement of any size is Peter I Island, Antarctica, about 1,181 km (734 miles) from the point.
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