Dig straight down through Siachen Glacier 🌍 and you would come out on the exact opposite side of the globe — in open water in the South Pacific Ocean 🌊, off the coast of Chile 🇨🇱. Below are Siachen Glacier's key facts and a closer look at its antipode.
| Population | about 6,000 |
|---|---|
| Area | 2,118 km² (818 sq mi) |
| Region | Southern Asia, Asia |
| Economy | Developing region |
| Income group | Lower middle income |
| Also written | Glaciar de Siachen (es) · glacier de Siachen (fr) · 锡亚琴冰川 (zh) · نهر سياتشن الجليدي (ar) · Сиачен (ru) · シアチェン氷河 (ja) |
Taken from the middle of Siachen Glacier, that point sits at 35.4073° S, 102.7381° W. The nearest coast is Chile 🇨🇱, roughly 1,110 km (690 miles) south-east.
The closest settlement of any size is Valdivia, Chile, about 2,631 km (1,635 miles) from the point.
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