Dig straight down from the middle of the Baltic 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 Baltic Sea's key facts and a closer look at its antipode.
| Area | 206,998 km² (79,922 sq mi) |
|---|---|
| Bordering countries | Sweden 🇸🇪 · Poland 🇵🇱 · Germany 🇩🇪 · Estonia 🇪🇪 · Denmark 🇩🇰 · Russia 🇷🇺 · Latvia 🇱🇻 · Lithuania 🇱🇹 |
| Also written | Mar Báltico (es) · mer Baltique (fr) · 波罗的海 (zh) · بحر البلطيق (ar) · Балтийское море (ru) · バルト海 (ja) |
Taken from the middle of the Baltic Sea, that point sits at 56.8587° S, 161.0123° W. The nearest coast is New Zealand 🇳🇿, roughly 1,752 km (1,089 miles) south-east — far enough out that no shore would be in sight.
The closest settlement of any size is Dunedin, New Zealand, about 2,299 km (1,429 miles) from the point.
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