Dig straight down from the middle of the Yucatan Channel 🌊 and you would come out on the exact opposite side of the globe — in open water in the Indian Ocean 🌊, off the coast of Indian Ocean Territories 🇦🇺. Below are the Yucatan Channel's key facts and a closer look at its antipode.
| Area | 11 km² (4 sq mi) |
|---|---|
| Bordering countries | Mexico 🇲🇽 |
| Also written | Canal de Yucatán (es) · canal du Yucatán (fr) · 尤卡坦海峡 (zh) · قناة يوكاتان (ar) · Юкатанский пролив (ru) · ユカタン海峡 (ja) |
Taken from the middle of the Yucatan Channel, that point sits at 21.4969° S, 93.0525° E. The nearest coast is Indian Ocean Territories 🇦🇺, roughly 1,110 km (690 miles) south.
The closest settlement of any size is Bandar Lampung, Indonesia, about 2,219 km (1,379 miles) from the point.
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