Dig straight down from the middle of the Norton Sound 🌊 and you would come out on the exact opposite side of the globe — in open water in the Southern Ocean 🌊, off the coast of Antarctica 🇦🇶. Below are the Norton Sound's key facts and a closer look at its antipode.
| Area | 27,096 km² (10,462 sq mi) |
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| Bordering countries | United States of America 🇺🇸 |
| Also written | Norton Sound (es) · Norton Sound (fr) · 诺顿湾 (zh) · نورتون ساوند (ar) · Нортон-Саунд (ru) · ノートン湾 (ja) |
Taken from the middle of the Norton Sound, that point sits at 63.9832° S, 17.1810° E. The nearest coast is Antarctica 🇦🇶, roughly 639 km (397 miles) north.
The closest settlement of any size is Maitri Station, Antarctica, about 790 km (491 miles) from the point.
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