Dig straight down from the middle of the Solomon Sea 🌊 and you would come out on the exact opposite side of the globe — in open water in the North Atlantic Ocean 🌊, off the coast of Cabo Verde 🇨🇻. Below are the Solomon Sea's key facts and a closer look at its antipode.
| Area | 744,865 km² (287,594 sq mi) |
|---|---|
| Bordering countries | Papua New Guinea 🇵🇬 · Solomon Islands 🇸🇧 |
| Also written | mar de Salomón (es) · mer des Salomon (fr) · 所罗门海 (zh) · بحر سليمان (ar) · Соломоново море (ru) · ソロモン海 (ja) |
Taken from the middle of the Solomon Sea, that point sits at 8.0224° N, 27.5146° W. The nearest coast is Cabo Verde 🇨🇻, roughly 828 km (514 miles) south-west.
The closest settlement of any size is Praia, Cape Verde, about 882 km (548 miles) from the point.
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