Dig straight down from the middle of the Ligurian 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 Ligurian Sea's key facts and a closer look at its antipode.
| Area | 13,211 km² (5,101 sq mi) |
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| Bordering countries | Italy 🇮🇹 |
| Also written | mar de Liguria (es) · mer Ligure (fr) · 利古里亞海 (zh) · البحر الليغوري (ar) · Лигурийское море (ru) · リグリア海 (ja) |
Taken from the middle of the Ligurian Sea, that point sits at 43.4240° S, 170.9351° W. The nearest coast is New Zealand 🇳🇿, roughly 424 km (263 miles) east.
The closest settlement of any size is Napier, New Zealand, about 1,101 km (684 miles) from the point.
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