Dig straight down from the middle of the English 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 English Channel's key facts and a closer look at its antipode.
| Area | 96,733 km² (37,349 sq mi) |
|---|---|
| Bordering countries | France 🇫🇷 · United Kingdom 🇬🇧 · Jersey 🇯🇪 · Guernsey 🇬🇬 |
| Also written | canal de la Mancha (es) · Manche (fr) · 英吉利海峡 (zh) · بحر المانش (ar) · Ла-Манш (ru) · イギリス海峡 (ja) |
Taken from the middle of the English Channel, that point sits at 49.8023° S, 177.0121° E. The nearest coast is New Zealand 🇳🇿, roughly 724 km (450 miles) south-east.
The closest settlement of any size is Dunedin, New Zealand, about 653 km (406 miles) from the point.
Learn more about the South Pacific Ocean →
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