Dig straight down from the middle of the Matochkin Shar Strait 🌊 and you would come out on the exact opposite side of the globe — in open water in the Ross Sea 🌊, off the coast of Antarctica 🇦🇶. Below are the Matochkin Shar Strait's key facts and a closer look at its antipode.
| Area | 608 km² (235 sq mi) |
|---|---|
| Bordering countries | Russia 🇷🇺 |
| Also written | Estrecho de Matochkin (es) · détroit de Matotchkine (fr) · 马托奇金海峡 (zh) · مضيق ماتوشكين شار (ar) · Маточкин Шар (ru) · マトチキン海峡 (ja) |
Taken from the middle of the Matochkin Shar Strait, that point sits at 73.3298° S, 124.3186° W. The nearest coast is Antarctica 🇦🇶, roughly 49 km (30 miles) north.
The closest settlement of any size is Peter I Island, Antarctica, about 1,295 km (805 miles) from the point.
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