Dig straight down from the middle of the Monterey 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 French Southern and Antarctic Lands 🇹🇫. Below are the Monterey Bay's key facts and a closer look at its antipode.
| Area | 783 km² (302 sq mi) |
|---|---|
| Bordering countries | United States of America 🇺🇸 |
| Also written | Bahía de Monterrey (es) · baie de Monterey (fr) · 蒙特利湾 (zh) · خليج مونتيري (ar) · Монтерей (ru) · モントレー湾 (ja) |
Taken from the middle of the Monterey Bay, that point sits at 36.7666° S, 58.0871° E. The nearest coast is French Southern and Antarctic Lands 🇹🇫, roughly 1,186 km (737 miles) north-east.
The closest settlement of any size is St.-Denis, France, about 1,785 km (1,109 miles) from the point.
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