Dig straight down from the middle of the Massachusetts Bay 🌊 and you would come out on the exact opposite side of the globe — in open water in the Indian Ocean 🌊, off the coast of Australia 🇦🇺. Below are the Massachusetts Bay's key facts and a closer look at its antipode.
| Area | 3,485 km² (1,346 sq mi) |
|---|---|
| Bordering countries | United States of America 🇺🇸 |
| Also written | Bahía de Massachusetts (es) · baie du Massachusetts (fr) · 马萨诸塞湾 (zh) · خليج ماساتشوستس (ar) · Массачусетс (ru) · マサチューセッツ湾 (ja) |
Taken from the middle of the Massachusetts Bay, that point sits at 42.1569° S, 109.5089° E. The nearest coast is Australia 🇦🇺, roughly 997 km (620 miles) south-west.
The closest settlement of any size is Busselton, Australia, about 1,074 km (667 miles) from the point.
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