Dig straight down from the middle of the Bristol Channel 🌊 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 Bristol Channel's key facts and a closer look at its antipode.
| Area | 20,971 km² (8,097 sq mi) |
|---|---|
| Bordering countries | United Kingdom 🇬🇧 |
| Also written | Canal de Bristol (es) · canal de Bristol (fr) · 布里斯托湾 (zh) · قناة برستل (ar) · Бристольский залив (ru) · ブリストル海峡 (ja) |
Taken from the middle of the Bristol Channel, that point sits at 50.9389° S, 174.6958° E. The nearest coast is New Zealand 🇳🇿, roughly 416 km (258 miles) north-east.
The closest settlement of any size is Dunedin, New Zealand, about 642 km (399 miles) from the point.
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