Dig straight down from the middle of the Yellow Sea 🌊 and you would come out on the exact opposite side of the globe — in open water in the Río de la Plata 🌊, off the coast of Argentina 🇦🇷. Below are the Yellow Sea's key facts and a closer look at its antipode.
| Area | 377,366 km² (145,702 sq mi) |
|---|---|
| Bordering countries | China 🇨🇳 · South Korea 🇰🇷 · North Korea 🇰🇵 |
| Also written | mar Amarillo (es) · mer Jaune (fr) · 黄海 (zh) · البحر الأصفر (ar) · Жёлтое море (ru) · 黄海 (ja) |
Taken from the middle of the Yellow Sea, that point sits at 35.9958° S, 56.5226° W. The nearest coast is Argentina 🇦🇷, roughly 44 km (27 miles) north-east.
The closest settlement of any size is Montevideo, Uruguay, about 131 km (81 miles) from the point.
Learn more about the Río de la Plata →
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