Dig straight down from the middle of the Black 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 Black Sea's key facts and a closer look at its antipode.
| Area | 422,193 km² (163,010 sq mi) |
|---|---|
| Bordering countries | Turkey 🇹🇷 · Russia 🇷🇺 · Ukraine 🇺🇦 · Georgia 🇬🇪 · Romania 🇷🇴 · Bulgaria 🇧🇬 |
| Also written | mar Negro (es) · mer Noire (fr) · 黑海 (zh) · البحر الأسود (ar) · Чёрное море (ru) · 黒海 (ja) |
Taken from the middle of the Black Sea, that point sits at 44.1360° S, 146.1962° W. The nearest coast is New Zealand 🇳🇿, roughly 2,372 km (1,474 miles) east — far enough out that no shore would be in sight.
The closest settlement of any size is Papeete, French Polynesia, about 2,975 km (1,849 miles) from the point.
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