Dig straight down from the middle of the Mozambique Channel 🌊 and you would come out on the exact opposite side of the globe — in open water in the North Pacific Ocean 🌊, off the coast of United States of America 🇺🇸. Below are the Mozambique Channel's key facts and a closer look at its antipode.
| Area | 1,373,226 km² (530,205 sq mi) |
|---|---|
| Bordering countries | Mozambique 🇲🇿 · Madagascar 🇲🇬 · Comoros 🇰🇲 · France 🇫🇷 |
| Also written | Canal de Mozambique (es) · canal du Mozambique (fr) · 莫桑比克海峡 (zh) · قناة موزمبيق (ar) · Мозамбикский пролив (ru) · モザンビーク海峡 (ja) |
Taken from the middle of the Mozambique Channel, that point sits at 18.5972° N, 139.6761° W. The nearest coast is United States of America 🇺🇸, roughly 1,593 km (990 miles) east — far enough out that no shore would be in sight.
The closest settlement of any size is Hilo, United States of America, about 1,623 km (1,008 miles) from the point.
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