This is New Zealand 🇳🇿 — 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.
| Capital | Wellington |
|---|---|
| Population | about 4.92 million |
| Area | 277,668 km² (107,208 sq mi) |
| Region | Australia and New Zealand, Oceania |
| Economy | Developed region: nonG7 |
| Income group | High income: OECD |
| Also written | Nueva Zelanda (es) · Nouvelle-Zélande (fr) · 新西兰 (zh) · نيوزيلندا (ar) · Новая Зеландия (ru) · ニュージーランド (ja) |
Start near the middle of New Zealand and dig straight down through the centre of the Earth, and you would surface around 38.3053° N, 3.4834° W, in Spain 🇪🇸. The closest town to that point is Córdoba, Spain, about 122 km (76 miles) away.
One city on our list surfaces here.
New to it? How to play Antipodal.