Dig straight down from the middle of the Kaliningrad 🌊 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 Kaliningrad's key facts and a closer look at its antipode.
| Area | 1,484 km² (573 sq mi) |
|---|---|
| Bordering countries | Russia 🇷🇺 · Lithuania 🇱🇹 |
| Also written | Kaliningrad (es) · Kaliningrad (fr) · 加里宁格勒 (zh) · كالينينغراد (ar) · Куршский залив (ru) · カリーニングラード (ja) |
Taken from the middle of the Kaliningrad, that point sits at 55.3075° S, 158.8969° W. The nearest coast is New Zealand 🇳🇿, roughly 1,733 km (1,077 miles) south-east — far enough out that no shore would be in sight.
The closest settlement of any size is Dunedin, New Zealand, about 2,375 km (1,476 miles) from the point.
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