Dig straight down from the middle of the Sea of Japan 🌊 and you would come out on the exact opposite side of the globe — in open water in the South Atlantic Ocean 🌊, off the coast of South Georgia and the Islands 🇬🇸. Below are the Sea of Japan's key facts and a closer look at its antipode.
| Area | 958,594 km² (370,115 sq mi) |
|---|---|
| Bordering countries | Japan 🇯🇵 · Russia 🇷🇺 · North Korea 🇰🇵 · South Korea 🇰🇷 |
| Also written | mar del Japón (es) · mer du Japon (fr) · 日本海 (zh) · بحر اليابان (ar) · Японское море (ru) · 日本海 (ja) |
Taken from the middle of the Sea of Japan, that point sits at 43.0726° S, 42.6540° W. The nearest coast is South Georgia and the Islands 🇬🇸, roughly 1,262 km (784 miles) north.
The closest settlement of any size is Mar del Plata, Argentina, about 1,379 km (857 miles) from the point.
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