Dig straight down from the middle of the Kattegat 🌊 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 Kattegat's key facts and a closer look at its antipode.
| Area | 24,026 km² (9,276 sq mi) |
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| Bordering countries | Denmark 🇩🇰 · Sweden 🇸🇪 |
| Also written | Categat (es) · Cattégat (fr) · 卡特加特海峡 (zh) · كاتيغات (ar) · Каттегат (ru) · カテガット海峡 (ja) |
Taken from the middle of the Kattegat, that point sits at 57.0969° S, 168.6755° W. The nearest coast is New Zealand 🇳🇿, roughly 1,513 km (940 miles) south — far enough out that no shore would be in sight.
The closest settlement of any size is Dunedin, New Zealand, about 1,893 km (1,176 miles) from the point.
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