Dig straight down from the middle of the Yenisey Gulf 🌊 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 Yenisey Gulf's key facts and a closer look at its antipode.
| Area | 14,853 km² (5,735 sq mi) |
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| Bordering countries | Russia 🇷🇺 |
| Also written | Golfo de Yeniséi (es) · Golfe de l'Ienisseï (fr) · 叶尼塞湾 (zh) · خليج ينيسي (ar) · Енисейский залив (ru) · エニセイ湾 (ja) |
Taken from the middle of the Yenisey Gulf, that point sits at 71.7333° S, 98.0535° W. The nearest coast is Antarctica 🇦🇶, roughly 13 km (8 miles) north.
The closest settlement of any size is Peter I Island, Antarctica, about 430 km (267 miles) from the point.
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