Dig straight down from the middle of the Timor 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 France 🇫🇷. Below are the Timor Sea's key facts and a closer look at its antipode.
| Area | 402,272 km² (155,318 sq mi) |
|---|---|
| Bordering countries | Australia 🇦🇺 · Indonesia 🇮🇩 · East Timor 🇹🇱 |
| Also written | mar de Timor (es) · mer de Timor (fr) · 帝汶海 (zh) · بحر تيمور (ar) · Тиморское море (ru) · ティモール海 (ja) |
Taken from the middle of the Timor Sea, that point sits at 11.0495° N, 52.5604° W. The nearest coast is France 🇫🇷, roughly 603 km (375 miles) north.
The closest settlement of any size is Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni, France, about 638 km (396 miles) from the point.
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