Dig straight down from the middle of the Straits of Florida 🌊 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 the Straits of Florida's key facts and a closer look at its antipode.
| Area | 85,687 km² (33,084 sq mi) |
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| Bordering countries | Cuba 🇨🇺 · The Bahamas 🇧🇸 · United States of America 🇺🇸 |
| Also written | Estrecho de Florida (es) · détroit de Floride (fr) · 佛罗里达海峡 (zh) · فلوريدا (ar) · Флоридский пролив (ru) · フロリダ海峡 (ja) |
Taken from the middle of the Straits of Florida, that point sits at 24.8354° S, 100.8651° E. The nearest coast is Australia 🇦🇺, roughly 1,214 km (754 miles) west.
The closest settlement of any size is Geraldton, Australia, about 1,430 km (889 miles) from the point.
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