Dig straight down from the middle of the Kotzebue Sound 🌊 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 Kotzebue Sound's key facts and a closer look at its antipode.
| Area | 11,695 km² (4,515 sq mi) |
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| Bordering countries | United States of America 🇺🇸 |
| Also written | Kotzebue Sound (es) · Golfe de Kotzebue (fr) · 科策布海湾 (zh) · كوتزوبواي ساوند (ar) · Коцебу (ru) · コッツビュー・サウンド (ja) |
Taken from the middle of the Kotzebue Sound, that point sits at 66.6309° S, 16.9167° E. The nearest coast is Antarctica 🇦🇶, roughly 344 km (214 miles) north.
The closest settlement of any size is Maitri Station, Antarctica, about 506 km (314 miles) from the point.
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