Dig straight down from the middle of the Balearic 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 Balearic Sea's key facts and a closer look at its antipode.
| Area | 79,264 km² (30,604 sq mi) |
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| Bordering countries | Spain 🇪🇸 |
| Also written | mar Balear (es) · mer des Baléares (fr) · 巴利阿里海 (zh) · البحر البلياري (ar) · Балеарское море (ru) · バレアレス海 (ja) |
Taken from the middle of the Balearic Sea, that point sits at 40.2128° S, 177.8403° W. The nearest coast is New Zealand 🇳🇿, roughly 384 km (239 miles) south-east.
The closest settlement of any size is Napier, New Zealand, about 454 km (282 miles) from the point.
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