Dig straight down from the middle of the Aegean 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 Aegean Sea's key facts and a closer look at its antipode.
| Area | 118,586 km² (45,786 sq mi) |
|---|---|
| Bordering countries | Greece 🇬🇷 · Turkey 🇹🇷 |
| Also written | mar Egeo (es) · mer Égée (fr) · 爱琴海 (zh) · بحر إيجة (ar) · Эгейское море (ru) · エーゲ海 (ja) |
Taken from the middle of the Aegean Sea, that point sits at 38.7533° S, 154.7211° W. The nearest coast is New Zealand 🇳🇿, roughly 1,871 km (1,163 miles) east — far enough out that no shore would be in sight.
The closest settlement of any size is Papeete, French Polynesia, about 2,412 km (1,499 miles) from the point.
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