Dig straight down through Saint Lucia 🇱🇨 and you would come out on the exact opposite side of the globe — in open water in the Indian Ocean 🌊, off the coast of Indonesia 🇮🇩. Below are Saint Lucia's key facts and a closer look at its antipode.
| Capital | Castries |
|---|---|
| Population | about 183,000 |
| Area | 549 km² (212 sq mi) |
| Region | Caribbean, North America |
| Economy | Developing region |
| Income group | Upper middle income |
| Also written | Santa Lucía (es) · Sainte-Lucie (fr) · 圣卢西亚 (zh) · سانت لوسيا (ar) · Сент-Люсия (ru) · セントルシア (ja) |
Taken from the middle of Saint Lucia, that point sits at 13.8906° S, 119.0197° E. The nearest coast is Indonesia 🇮🇩, roughly 427 km (265 miles) south.
The closest settlement of any size is Broome, Australia, about 568 km (353 miles) from the point.
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