Dig straight down from the middle of the Laccadive Sea 🌊 and you would come out on the exact opposite side of the globe — in open water in the South Pacific Ocean 🌊, off the coast of Ecuador 🇪🇨. Below are the Laccadive Sea's key facts and a closer look at its antipode.
| Area | 815,368 km² (314,815 sq mi) |
|---|---|
| Bordering countries | India 🇮🇳 · Sri Lanka 🇱🇰 · Maldives 🇲🇻 |
| Also written | mar de Laquedivas (es) · mer des Laquedives (fr) · 拉克代夫海 (zh) · بحر لكديف (ar) · Лаккадивское море (ru) · ラッカディブ海 (ja) |
Taken from the middle of the Laccadive Sea, that point sits at 7.0726° S, 104.0432° W. The nearest coast is Ecuador 🇪🇨, roughly 1,551 km (964 miles) south-west — far enough out that no shore would be in sight.
The closest settlement of any size is Santa Cruz, Ecuador, about 1,684 km (1,046 miles) from the point.
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