Dig straight down through United States Virgin Islands 🇻🇮 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 United States Virgin Islands's key facts and a closer look at its antipode.
| Population | about 107,000 |
|---|---|
| Area | 315 km² (122 sq mi) |
| Region | Caribbean, North America |
| Economy | Developing region |
| Income group | High income: nonOECD |
| Official name | Virgin Islands of the United States |
| Also written | Islas Vírgenes de los Estados Unidos (es) · îles Vierges des États-Unis (fr) · 美属维尔京群岛 (zh) · جزر العذراء الأمريكية (ar) · Американские Виргинские острова (ru) · アメリカ領ヴァージン諸島 (ja) |
Taken from the middle of United States Virgin Islands, that point sits at 17.7281° S, 115.2396° E. The nearest coast is Australia 🇦🇺, roughly 328 km (204 miles) north.
The closest settlement of any size is Karratha, Australia, about 375 km (233 miles) from the point.
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