Dig straight down from the middle of the Weddell Sea 🌊 and you would come out on the exact opposite side of the globe — in open water in the Laptev Sea 🌊, off the coast of Russia 🇷🇺. Below are the Weddell Sea's key facts and a closer look at its antipode.
| Area | 1,334,841 km² (515,385 sq mi) |
|---|---|
| Bordering countries | Antarctica 🇦🇶 |
| Also written | mar de Weddell (es) · mer de Weddell (fr) · 威德尔海 (zh) · بحر ودل (ar) · Море Уэдделла (ru) · ウェッデル海 (ja) |
Taken from the middle of the Weddell Sea, that point sits at 77.2964° N, 125.1903° E. The nearest coast is Russia 🇷🇺, roughly 374 km (232 miles) north.
The closest settlement of any size is Tiksi, Russia, about 639 km (397 miles) from the point.
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