This is New Caledonia 🇳🇨 — what it is, and what sits on the far side of the planet from it. The antipode is the point you would reach by digging straight through the centre of the Earth.
| Population | about 288,000 |
|---|---|
| Area | 23,215 km² (8,963 sq mi) |
| Region | Melanesia, Oceania |
| Economy | Developing region |
| Income group | High income: nonOECD |
| Also written | Nueva Caledonia (es) · Nouvelle-Calédonie (fr) · 新喀里多尼亚 (zh) · كاليدونيا الجديدة (ar) · Новая Каледония (ru) · ニューカレドニア (ja) |
Start near the middle of New Caledonia and dig straight down through the centre of the Earth, and you would surface around 21.4147° N, 14.3126° W, in Western Sahara 🇪🇭. The closest town to that point is Atar, Mauritania, about 165 km (103 miles) away.
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