Dig straight down through New Caledonia 🇳🇨 and you would come out on the exact opposite side of the globe — in Western Sahara 🇪🇭, near Atar. Below are New Caledonia's key facts and a closer look at its antipode.
| 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) |
Taken from the middle of New Caledonia, that point sits at 21.4147° N, 14.3126° W. The closest town to it is Atar, Mauritania, about 165 km (103 miles) away.
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