Dig straight down from the middle of the San Francisco Bay 🌊 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 San Francisco Bay's key facts and a closer look at its antipode.
| Area | 1,287 km² (497 sq mi) |
|---|---|
| Bordering countries | United States of America 🇺🇸 |
| Also written | Bahía de San Francisco (es) · baie de San Francisco (fr) · 旧金山湾 (zh) · خليج سان فرانسيسكو (ar) · Сан-Франциско (ru) · サンフランシスコ湾 (ja) |
Taken from the middle of the San Francisco Bay, that point sits at 37.8121° S, 57.5879° E. The nearest coast is French Southern and Antarctic Lands 🇹🇫, roughly 1,062 km (660 miles) north-east.
The closest settlement of any size is St.-Denis, France, about 1,894 km (1,177 miles) from the point.
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