Dig straight down from the middle of the Qiongzhou Strait 🌊 and you would come out on the exact opposite side of the globe — in Chile 🇨🇱, near Iquique. Below are the Qiongzhou Strait's key facts and a closer look at its antipode.
| Area | 2,414 km² (932 sq mi) |
|---|---|
| Bordering countries | China 🇨🇳 |
| Also written | Estrecho de Qiongzhou (es) · détroit de Qiongzhou (fr) · 琼州海峡 (zh) · مضيق تشيونغتشو (ar) · Хайнань (ru) · 瓊州海峡 (ja) |
Taken from the middle of the Qiongzhou Strait, that point sits at 20.1671° S, 69.7609° W. The closest town to it is Iquique, Chile, about 40 km (25 miles) away.
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