Dig straight down from the middle of the North Atlantic Ocean 🌊 and you would come out on the exact opposite side of the globe — in open water in the Tasman Sea 🌊, off the coast of Australia 🇦🇺. Below are the North Atlantic Ocean's key facts and a closer look at its antipode.
| Area | 31,108,420 km² (12,011,023 sq mi) |
|---|---|
| Bordering countries | United States of America 🇺🇸 · Greenland 🇬🇱 · The Bahamas 🇧🇸 · Morocco 🇲🇦 · Ireland 🇮🇪 · Canada 🇨🇦 · Portugal 🇵🇹 · Spain 🇪🇸 · Iceland 🇮🇸 · Cuba 🇨🇺 · United Kingdom 🇬🇧 · Mauritania 🇲🇷 |
| Also written | océano Atlántico (es) · océan Atlantique (fr) · 大西洋 (zh) · المحيط الأطلسي (ar) · Атлантический океан (ru) · 大西洋 (ja) |
Taken from the middle of the North Atlantic Ocean, that point sits at 34.2268° S, 151.1604° E. The nearest coast is Australia 🇦🇺, roughly 10 km (6 miles) south-east.
The closest settlement of any size is Sydney, Australia, about 34 km (21 miles) from the point.
Learn more about the Tasman Sea →
7 cities on our list surface here.
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