Dig straight down from the middle of the Lake Pontchartrain 🌊 and you would come out on the exact opposite side of the globe — in open water in the Indian Ocean 🌊, off the coast of Indian Ocean Territories 🇦🇺. Below are the Lake Pontchartrain's key facts and a closer look at its antipode.
| Area | 1,514 km² (585 sq mi) |
|---|---|
| Bordering countries | United States of America 🇺🇸 |
| Also written | Lago Pontchartrain (es) · lac Pontchartrain (fr) · 庞恰特雷恩湖 (zh) · بحيرة بونتشارترين (ar) · Пончартрейн (ru) · ポンチャートレイン湖 (ja) |
Taken from the middle of the Lake Pontchartrain, that point sits at 30.1885° S, 89.9413° E. The nearest coast is Indian Ocean Territories 🇦🇺, roughly 2,123 km (1,319 miles) south — far enough out that no shore would be in sight.
The closest settlement of any size is Geraldton, Australia, about 2,388 km (1,484 miles) from the point.
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