Dig straight down from the middle of the Cook Strait 🌊 and you would come out on the exact opposite side of the globe — in Spain 🇪🇸, near Madrid. Below are the Cook Strait's key facts and a closer look at its antipode.
| Area | 5,581 km² (2,155 sq mi) |
|---|---|
| Bordering countries | New Zealand 🇳🇿 |
| Also written | Estrecho de Cook (es) · détroit de Cook (fr) · 库克海峡 (zh) · كوك (ar) · Пролив Кука (ru) · クック海峡 (ja) |
Taken from the middle of the Cook Strait, that point sits at 41.2712° N, 5.5332° W. The closest town to it is Madrid, Spain, about 183 km (114 miles) away.
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