Dig straight down from the middle of the Tsugaru Strait 🌊 and you would come out on the exact opposite side of the globe — in open water in the South Atlantic Ocean 🌊, off the coast of South Georgia and the Islands 🇬🇸. Below are the Tsugaru Strait's key facts and a closer look at its antipode.
| Area | 5,690 km² (2,197 sq mi) |
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| Bordering countries | Japan 🇯🇵 |
| Also written | Estrecho de Tsugaru (es) · détroit de Tsugaru (fr) · 津轻海峡 (zh) · مضيق تسوجارو (ar) · Сангарский пролив (ru) · 津軽海峡 (ja) |
Taken from the middle of the Tsugaru Strait, that point sits at 41.3039° S, 39.4810° W. The nearest coast is South Georgia and the Islands 🇬🇸, roughly 1,416 km (880 miles) north.
The closest settlement of any size is Pelotas, Brazil, about 1,561 km (970 miles) from the point.
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