Dig straight down from the middle of the Boknafjorden 🌊 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 Boknafjorden's key facts and a closer look at its antipode.
| Area | 1,381 km² (533 sq mi) |
|---|---|
| Bordering countries | Norway 🇳🇴 |
| Also written | Boknafjorden (es) · Boknafjord (fr) · 博肯峡湾 (zh) · بوكنافجوردين (ar) · Бокна-Фьорд (ru) · ボクナフィヨルド (ja) |
Taken from the middle of the Boknafjorden, that point sits at 59.2188° S, 174.2843° W. The nearest coast is New Zealand 🇳🇿, roughly 1,262 km (784 miles) south-east.
The closest settlement of any size is Dunedin, New Zealand, about 1,796 km (1,116 miles) from the point.
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