Dig straight down from the middle of the Dardanelles 🌊 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 Dardanelles's key facts and a closer look at its antipode.
| Area | 363 km² (140 sq mi) |
|---|---|
| Bordering countries | Turkey 🇹🇷 |
| Also written | Dardanelos (es) · détroit des Dardanelles (fr) · 達達尼爾海峽 (zh) · الدردنيل (ar) · Дарданеллы (ru) · ダーダネルス海峡 (ja) |
Taken from the middle of the Dardanelles, that point sits at 40.2294° S, 153.5236° W. The nearest coast is New Zealand 🇳🇿, roughly 1,906 km (1,184 miles) east — far enough out that no shore would be in sight.
The closest settlement of any size is Napier, New Zealand, about 2,512 km (1,561 miles) from the point.
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