Dig straight down from the middle of the Ross Sea 🌊 and you would come out on the exact opposite side of the globe — in open water in the Greenland Sea 🌊, off the coast of Norway 🇳🇴. Below are the Ross Sea's key facts and a closer look at its antipode.
| Area | 1,660,019 km² (640,937 sq mi) |
|---|---|
| Bordering countries | Antarctica 🇦🇶 |
| Also written | mar de Ross (es) · mer de Ross (fr) · 罗斯海 (zh) · بحر روس (ar) · Море Росса (ru) · ロス海 (ja) |
Taken from the middle of the Ross Sea, that point sits at 78.5968° N, 11.8308° E. The nearest coast is Norway 🇳🇴, roughly 9 km (6 miles) south.
The closest settlement of any size is Longyearbyen, Svalbard and Jan Mayen Islands, about 93 km (58 miles) from the point.
Learn more about the Greenland Sea →
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