Dig straight down from the middle of the Alboran 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 Alboran Sea's key facts and a closer look at its antipode.
| Area | 54,876 km² (21,188 sq mi) |
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| Bordering countries | Morocco 🇲🇦 · Spain 🇪🇸 · Algeria 🇩🇿 |
| Also written | mar de Alborán (es) · mer d'Alboran (fr) · 阿尔沃兰海 (zh) · بحر البوران (ar) · Море Альборан (ru) · アルボラン海 (ja) |
Taken from the middle of the Alboran Sea, that point sits at 35.9753° S, 176.4081° E. The nearest coast is New Zealand 🇳🇿, roughly 84 km (52 miles) east.
The closest settlement of any size is Auckland, New Zealand, about 176 km (109 miles) from the point.
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