Dig straight down from the middle of the Korea Strait 🌊 and you would come out on the exact opposite side of the globe — in open water in the South Atlantic Ocean 🌊, off the coast of Brazil 🇧🇷. Below are the Korea Strait's key facts and a closer look at its antipode.
| Area | 90,913 km² (35,102 sq mi) |
|---|---|
| Bordering countries | South Korea 🇰🇷 · Japan 🇯🇵 |
| Also written | Estrecho de Corea (es) · détroit de Corée (fr) · 朝鲜海峡 (zh) · كوريا (ar) · Корейский пролив (ru) · 対馬海峡 (ja) |
Taken from the middle of the Korea Strait, that point sits at 34.1226° S, 51.3078° W. The nearest coast is Brazil 🇧🇷, roughly 166 km (103 miles) south-east.
The closest settlement of any size is Pelotas, Brazil, about 281 km (175 miles) from the point.
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