Dig straight down from the middle of the Queen Charlotte 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 French Southern and Antarctic Lands 🇹🇫. Below are the Queen Charlotte Sound's key facts and a closer look at its antipode.
| Area | 32,673 km² (12,615 sq mi) |
|---|---|
| Bordering countries | Canada 🇨🇦 |
| Also written | Sound de la Reina Carlota (es) · bassin de la Reine-Charlotte (fr) · 夏洛特皇后湾 (zh) · الملكة شارلوت ساوند (ar) · Залив Королевы Шарлотты (ru) · クィーンシャーロット海峡 (ja) |
Taken from the middle of the Queen Charlotte Sound, that point sits at 52.0468° S, 50.3697° E. The nearest coast is French Southern and Antarctic Lands 🇹🇫, roughly 631 km (392 miles) south.
The closest settlement of any size is Mawson Station, Antarctica, about 1,858 km (1,155 miles) from the point.
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