Dig straight down from the middle of the Storfjorden 🌊 and you would come out on the exact opposite side of the globe — in open water in the Ross Sea 🌊, off the coast of Antarctica 🇦🇶. Below are the Storfjorden's key facts and a closer look at its antipode.
| Area | 10,851 km² (4,190 sq mi) |
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| Bordering countries | Norway 🇳🇴 |
| Also written | Storfjorden (es) · Storfjorden (fr) · 斯图尔峡湾 (zh) · مضيق ستورفيوردين البحري (ar) · Сторфьорд (ru) · ストールフィヨルド (ja) |
Taken from the middle of the Storfjorden, that point sits at 77.6508° S, 160.2195° W. The nearest coast is Antarctica 🇦🇶, roughly 169 km (105 miles) north.
The closest settlement of any size is Scott Base, Antarctica, about 769 km (478 miles) from the point.
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