Dig straight down from the middle of the Kronotskiy Gulf 🌊 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 South Georgia and the Islands 🇬🇸. Below are the Kronotskiy Gulf's key facts and a closer look at its antipode.
| Area | 7,953 km² (3,071 sq mi) |
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| Bordering countries | Russia 🇷🇺 |
| Also written | Golfo Kronotskiy (es) · baie Kronotski (fr) · 克罗诺茨基湾 (zh) · خليج كرونوتسكي (ar) · Кроноцкий залив (ru) · クロノツキー湾 (ja) |
Taken from the middle of the Kronotskiy Gulf, that point sits at 53.8959° S, 19.6200° W. The nearest coast is South Georgia and the Islands 🇬🇸, roughly 648 km (403 miles) north-east.
The closest settlement of any size is Orcadas Station, Antarctica, about 1,675 km (1,041 miles) from the point.
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