Dig straight down from the middle of the Shelikhova Gulf 🌊 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 Shelikhova Gulf's key facts and a closer look at its antipode.
| Area | 131,522 km² (50,781 sq mi) |
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| Bordering countries | Russia 🇷🇺 |
| Also written | Golfo de Shélijov (es) · Golfe de Chelikhov (fr) · 舍利霍夫灣 (zh) · خليج شيليخوف (ar) · Залив Шелихова (ru) · シェリホフ湾 (ja) |
Taken from the middle of the Shelikhova Gulf, that point sits at 60.3047° S, 21.6117° W. The nearest coast is South Georgia and the Islands 🇬🇸, roughly 331 km (206 miles) south-east.
The closest settlement of any size is Orcadas Station, Antarctica, about 1,260 km (783 miles) from the point.
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