Dig straight down from the middle of the Uchiura Bay 🌊 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 Uchiura Bay's key facts and a closer look at its antipode.
| Area | 25,940 km² (10,015 sq mi) |
|---|---|
| Bordering countries | Japan 🇯🇵 |
| Also written | Bahía de Uchiura (es) · Baie d'Uchiura (fr) · 内浦湾 (zh) · خليج أوتشيورا (ar) · Утиура (ru) · 内浦湾 (ja) |
Taken from the middle of the Uchiura Bay, that point sits at 41.6084° S, 37.9180° W. The nearest coast is South Georgia and the Islands 🇬🇸, roughly 1,377 km (856 miles) north.
The closest settlement of any size is Pelotas, Brazil, about 1,685 km (1,047 miles) from the point.
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