Dig straight down from the middle of the Smith Sound 🌊 and you would come out on the exact opposite side of the globe — in open water in the Indian Ocean 🌊, off the coast of French Southern and Antarctic Lands 🇹🇫. Below are the Smith Sound's key facts and a closer look at its antipode.
| Area | 2,279 km² (880 sq mi) |
|---|---|
| Bordering countries | Canada 🇨🇦 |
| Also written | Estrecho de Smith (es) · Détroit de Smith (fr) · 史密斯湾 (zh) · سميث ساوند (ar) · пролив Смита (ru) · スミス・サウンド (ja) |
Taken from the middle of the Smith Sound, that point sits at 52.0756° S, 52.1089° E. The nearest coast is French Southern and Antarctic Lands 🇹🇫, roughly 626 km (389 miles) south.
The closest settlement of any size is Mawson Station, Antarctica, about 1,823 km (1,133 miles) from the point.
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