Dig straight down from the middle of the Shark Bay 🌊 and you would come out on the exact opposite side of the globe — in open water in the Sargasso Sea 🌊, off the coast of Turks and Caicos Islands 🇹🇨. Below are the Shark Bay's key facts and a closer look at its antipode.
| Area | 7,683 km² (2,966 sq mi) |
|---|---|
| Bordering countries | Australia 🇦🇺 |
| Also written | Bahía Shark (es) · baie Shark (fr) · 鲨鱼湾 (zh) · خليج القرش (ar) · Шарк (ru) · シャーク湾 (ja) |
Taken from the middle of the Shark Bay, that point sits at 25.3552° N, 66.3535° W. The nearest coast is Turks and Caicos Islands 🇹🇨, roughly 669 km (416 miles) north-east.
The closest settlement of any size is Grand Turk, Turks and Caicos Islands, about 652 km (405 miles) from the point.
Learn more about the Sargasso Sea →
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