Dig straight down from the middle of the Palk Strait 🌊 and you would come out on the exact opposite side of the globe — in open water in the South Pacific Ocean 🌊, off the coast of Ecuador 🇪🇨. Below are the Palk Strait's key facts and a closer look at its antipode.
| Area | 13,768 km² (5,316 sq mi) |
|---|---|
| Bordering countries | Sri Lanka 🇱🇰 · India 🇮🇳 |
| Also written | Estrecho de Palk (es) · détroit de Palk (fr) · 保克海峡 (zh) · مضيق بالك (ar) · Полкский пролив (ru) · ポーク海峡 (ja) |
Taken from the middle of the Palk Strait, that point sits at 9.6306° S, 100.4386° W. The nearest coast is Ecuador 🇪🇨, roughly 1,385 km (861 miles) south-west.
The closest settlement of any size is Santa Cruz, Ecuador, about 1,506 km (936 miles) from the point.
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