Dig straight down from the middle of the Río de la Plata 🌊 and you would come out on the exact opposite side of the globe — in open water in the Yellow Sea 🌊, off the coast of China 🇨🇳. Below are the Río de la Plata's key facts and a closer look at its antipode.
| Area | 32,230 km² (12,444 sq mi) |
|---|---|
| Bordering countries | Uruguay 🇺🇾 · Argentina 🇦🇷 |
| Also written | Río de la Plata (es) · Río de la Plata (fr) · 拉普拉塔河 (zh) · ريو دي لا بلاتا (ar) · Ла-Плата (ru) · ラプラタ川 (ja) |
Taken from the middle of the Río de la Plata, that point sits at 34.4188° N, 121.8158° E. The nearest coast is China 🇨🇳, roughly 143 km (89 miles) north-east.
The closest settlement of any size is Qingdao, China, about 230 km (143 miles) from the point.
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