Dig straight down from the middle of the White Sea 🌊 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 White Sea's key facts and a closer look at its antipode.
| Area | 92,180 km² (35,591 sq mi) |
|---|---|
| Bordering countries | Russia 🇷🇺 |
| Also written | mar Blanco (es) · mer Blanche (fr) · 白海 (zh) · البحر الأبيض (ar) · Белое море (ru) · 白海 (ja) |
Taken from the middle of the White Sea, that point sits at 66.2433° S, 144.4070° W. The nearest coast is Antarctica 🇦🇶, roughly 1,037 km (644 miles) north.
The closest settlement of any size is McMurdo Station, Antarctica, about 2,006 km (1,246 miles) from the point.
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