Dig straight down from the middle of the Red Sea 🌊 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 French Polynesia 🇵🇫. Below are the Red Sea's key facts and a closer look at its antipode.
| Area | 446,194 km² (172,276 sq mi) |
|---|---|
| Bordering countries | Saudi Arabia 🇸🇦 · Eritrea 🇪🇷 · Egypt 🇪🇬 · Yemen 🇾🇪 · Sudan 🇸🇩 · Djibouti 🇩🇯 |
| Also written | mar Rojo (es) · mer Rouge (fr) · 红海 (zh) · البحر الأحمر (ar) · Красное море (ru) · 紅海 (ja) |
Taken from the middle of the Red Sea, that point sits at 20.3418° S, 141.5025° W. The nearest coast is French Polynesia 🇵🇫, roughly 231 km (144 miles) south.
The closest settlement of any size is Papeete, French Polynesia, about 904 km (562 miles) from the point.
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