Dig straight down from the middle of the Queen Charlotte Strait 🌊 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 Strait's key facts and a closer look at its antipode.
| Area | 5,304 km² (2,048 sq mi) |
|---|---|
| Bordering countries | Canada 🇨🇦 |
| Also written | Estrecho de la Reina Carlota (es) · détroit de la Reine-Charlotte (fr) · 夏洛特皇后海峡 (zh) · مضيق الملكة شارلوت (ar) · Пролив Королевы Шарлотты (ru) · クイーン・シャーロット海峡 (ja) |
Taken from the middle of the Queen Charlotte Strait, that point sits at 50.5807° S, 53.2957° E. The nearest coast is French Southern and Antarctic Lands 🇹🇫, roughly 473 km (294 miles) south.
The closest settlement of any size is Mawson Station, Antarctica, about 1,966 km (1,222 miles) from the point.
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