Dig straight down from the middle of the Vestfjorden 🌊 and you would come out on the exact opposite side of the globe — in open water in the Southern Ocean 🌊, off the coast of Antarctica 🇦🇶. Below are the Vestfjorden's key facts and a closer look at its antipode.
| Area | 13,198 km² (5,096 sq mi) |
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| Bordering countries | Norway 🇳🇴 |
| Also written | Vestfjorden (es) · Vestfjord (fr) · 费斯特峡湾 (zh) · مضيق فستفجوردين (ar) · Вестфьорд (ru) · ベストフィヨルデン (ja) |
Taken from the middle of the Vestfjorden, that point sits at 67.6289° S, 165.9339° W. The nearest coast is Antarctica 🇦🇶, roughly 1,236 km (768 miles) north.
The closest settlement of any size is Zucchelli Station, Antarctica, about 1,302 km (809 miles) from the point.
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