Dig straight down from the middle of the Laptev Sea 🌊 and you would come out on the exact opposite side of the globe — in open water in the Weddell Sea 🌊, off the coast of Antarctica 🇦🇶. Below are the Laptev Sea's key facts and a closer look at its antipode.
| Area | 414,515 km² (160,045 sq mi) |
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| Bordering countries | Russia 🇷🇺 |
| Also written | mar de Láptev (es) · mer de Laptev (fr) · 拉普捷夫海 (zh) · بحر لابتيف (ar) · Море Лаптевых (ru) · ラプテフ海 (ja) |
Taken from the middle of the Laptev Sea, that point sits at 76.0021° S, 54.4022° W. The nearest coast is Antarctica 🇦🇶, roughly 457 km (284 miles) north.
The closest settlement of any size is Belgrano II Base, Antarctica, about 536 km (333 miles) from the point.
Learn more about the Weddell Sea →
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