Dig straight down from the middle of the Irish 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 Irish Sea's key facts and a closer look at its antipode.
| Area | 50,905 km² (19,655 sq mi) |
|---|---|
| Bordering countries | United Kingdom 🇬🇧 · Ireland 🇮🇪 · Isle of Man 🇮🇲 |
| Also written | mar de Irlanda (es) · mer d'Irlande (fr) · 愛爾蘭海 (zh) · البحر الأيرلندي (ar) · Ирландское море (ru) · アイリッシュ海 (ja) |
Taken from the middle of the Irish Sea, that point sits at 53.3260° S, 174.6492° E. The nearest coast is New Zealand 🇳🇿, roughly 373 km (232 miles) east.
The closest settlement of any size is Dunedin, New Zealand, about 880 km (547 miles) from the point.
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