Dig straight down through Sint Maarten 🇸🇽 and you would come out on the exact opposite side of the globe — in open water in the Indian Ocean 🌊, off the coast of Australia 🇦🇺. Below are Sint Maarten's key facts and a closer look at its antipode.
| Population | about 41,000 |
|---|---|
| Area | 42 km² (16 sq mi) |
| Region | Caribbean, North America |
| Economy | Developing region |
| Income group | High income: nonOECD |
| Official name | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) |
| Also written | San Martín (es) · Saint-Martin (fr) · 荷属圣马丁 (zh) · سينت مارتن (ar) · Синт-Мартен (ru) · シント・マールテン (ja) |
Taken from the middle of Sint Maarten, that point sits at 18.0434° S, 116.9467° E. The nearest coast is Australia 🇦🇺, roughly 290 km (180 miles) north.
The closest settlement of any size is Karratha, Australia, about 299 km (186 miles) from the point.
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