Dig straight down from the middle of the Adriatic Sea 🌊 and you would come out on the exact opposite side of the globe — in open water in the South Pacific Ocean 🌊, off the coast of New Zealand 🇳🇿. Below are the Adriatic Sea's key facts and a closer look at its antipode.
| Area | 140,950 km² (54,421 sq mi) |
|---|---|
| Bordering countries | Croatia 🇭🇷 · Italy 🇮🇹 · Albania 🇦🇱 · Montenegro 🇲🇪 · Bosnia and Herzegovina 🇧🇦 · Slovenia 🇸🇮 · Greece 🇬🇷 |
| Also written | mar Adriático (es) · mer Adriatique (fr) · 亚得里亚海 (zh) · البحر الأدرياتيكي (ar) · Адриатическое море (ru) · アドリア海 (ja) |
Taken from the middle of the Adriatic Sea, that point sits at 42.7435° S, 164.0415° W. The nearest coast is New Zealand 🇳🇿, roughly 988 km (614 miles) east.
The closest settlement of any size is Napier, New Zealand, about 1,631 km (1,013 miles) from the point.
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