Dig straight down from the middle of the Ionian Sea 🌊 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 Ionian Sea's key facts and a closer look at its antipode.
| Area | 172,004 km² (66,411 sq mi) |
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| Bordering countries | Greece 🇬🇷 · Italy 🇮🇹 · Albania 🇦🇱 |
| Also written | mar Jónico (es) · mer Ionienne (fr) · 爱奥尼亚海 (zh) · البحر الأيوني (ar) · Ионическое море (ru) · イオニア海 (ja) |
Taken from the middle of the Ionian Sea, that point sits at 38.4906° S, 161.1806° W. The nearest coast is New Zealand 🇳🇿, roughly 1,383 km (859 miles) east.
The closest settlement of any size is Napier, New Zealand, about 1,891 km (1,175 miles) from the point.
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