Dig straight down from the middle of the South Atlantic Ocean 🌊 and you would come out on the exact opposite side of the globe — in open water in the North Pacific Ocean 🌊, off the coast of Russia 🇷🇺. Below are the South Atlantic Ocean's key facts and a closer look at its antipode.
| Area | 40,452,540 km² (15,618,807 sq mi) |
|---|---|
| Bordering countries | Brazil 🇧🇷 · Argentina 🇦🇷 · Angola 🇦🇴 · Falkland Islands 🇫🇰 · Namibia 🇳🇦 · South Africa 🇿🇦 · Chile 🇨🇱 · Gabon 🇬🇦 · South Georgia and the Islands 🇬🇸 · Uruguay 🇺🇾 · Republic of the Congo 🇨🇬 · Democratic Republic of the Congo 🇨🇩 |
| Also written | océano Atlántico (es) · océan Atlantique (fr) · 大西洋 (zh) · المحيط الأطلسي (ar) · Атлантический океан (ru) · 大西洋 (ja) |
Taken from the middle of the South Atlantic Ocean, that point sits at 30.2630° N, 163.5170° E. The nearest coast is Russia 🇷🇺, roughly 2,098 km (1,304 miles) south-east — far enough out that no shore would be in sight.
The closest settlement of any size is Kushiro, Japan, about 2,208 km (1,372 miles) from the point.
Learn more about the North Pacific Ocean →
24 cities on our list surface here; the 12 largest are shown.
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