Dig straight down from the middle of the Makassar Strait 🌊 and you would come out on the exact opposite side of the globe — in Brazil 🇧🇷, near Boa Vista. Below are the Makassar Strait's key facts and a closer look at its antipode.
| Area | 187,125 km² (72,249 sq mi) |
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| Bordering countries | Indonesia 🇮🇩 |
| Also written | Estrecho de Macasar (es) · détroit de Macassar (fr) · 望加锡海峡 (zh) · مضيق ماكاسار (ar) · Макасарский пролив (ru) · マカッサル海峡 (ja) |
Taken from the middle of the Makassar Strait, that point sits at 1.9803° N, 62.1396° W. The closest town to it is Boa Vista, Brazil, about 188 km (117 miles) away.
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