Dig straight down from the middle of the Mecklenburger Bucht 🌊 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 Mecklenburger Bucht's key facts and a closer look at its antipode.
| Area | 5,548 km² (2,142 sq mi) |
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| Bordering countries | Germany 🇩🇪 · Denmark 🇩🇰 |
| Also written | Golfo de Mecklemburgo (es) · baie du Mecklembourg (fr) · 梅克伦堡湾 (zh) · خليج مكلنبورغ (ar) · Мекленбургская бухта (ru) · メクレンブルク湾 (ja) |
Taken from the middle of the Mecklenburger Bucht, that point sits at 54.3742° S, 168.2614° W. The nearest coast is New Zealand 🇳🇿, roughly 1,254 km (779 miles) south-east.
The closest settlement of any size is Dunedin, New Zealand, about 1,774 km (1,102 miles) from the point.
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