Dig straight down from the middle of the Bay of Biscay 🌊 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 Bay of Biscay's key facts and a closer look at its antipode.
| Area | 215,452 km² (83,186 sq mi) |
|---|---|
| Bordering countries | France 🇫🇷 · Spain 🇪🇸 |
| Also written | Golfo de Vizcaya (es) · golfe de Gascogne (fr) · 比斯開灣 (zh) · خليج غاسكونيا (ar) · Бискайский залив (ru) · ビスケー湾 (ja) |
Taken from the middle of the Bay of Biscay, that point sits at 45.8656° S, 175.9370° E. The nearest coast is New Zealand 🇳🇿, roughly 317 km (197 miles) south-east.
The closest settlement of any size is Christchurch, New Zealand, about 368 km (229 miles) from the point.
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