Dig straight down from the middle of the Molucca Sea 🌊 and you would come out on the exact opposite side of the globe — in Brazil 🇧🇷, near Santarém. Below are the Molucca Sea's key facts and a closer look at its antipode.
| Area | 217,173 km² (83,851 sq mi) |
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| Bordering countries | Indonesia 🇮🇩 |
| Also written | mar de Molucas (es) · mer des Moluques (fr) · 马鲁古海 (zh) · بحر مالوكا (ar) · Молуккское море (ru) · モルッカ海 (ja) |
Taken from the middle of the Molucca Sea, that point sits at 1.2161° S, 53.7664° W. The closest town to it is Santarém, Brazil, about 171 km (106 miles) away.
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