Dig straight down from the middle of the Pamlico Sound 🌊 and you would come out on the exact opposite side of the globe — in open water in the Indian Ocean 🌊, off the coast of Australia 🇦🇺. Below are the Pamlico Sound's key facts and a closer look at its antipode.
| Area | 6,150 km² (2,375 sq mi) |
|---|---|
| Bordering countries | United States of America 🇺🇸 |
| Also written | Pamlico Sound (es) · baie de Pamlico (fr) · 帕姆利科灣 (zh) · بامليكو ساوند (ar) · Памлико-Саунд (ru) · パムリコ湾 (ja) |
Taken from the middle of the Pamlico Sound, that point sits at 35.2920° S, 103.9647° E. The nearest coast is Australia 🇦🇺, roughly 1,016 km (631 miles) west.
The closest settlement of any size is Busselton, Australia, about 1,059 km (658 miles) from the point.
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