Dig straight down from the middle of the North Pacific Ocean 🌊 and you would come out on the exact opposite side of the globe — in open water in the Indian Ocean 🌊, off the coast of South Africa 🇿🇦. Below are the North Pacific Ocean's key facts and a closer look at its antipode.
| Area | 63,946,584 km² (24,689,904 sq mi) |
|---|---|
| Bordering countries | United States of America 🇺🇸 · Mexico 🇲🇽 · Canada 🇨🇦 · Japan 🇯🇵 · Colombia 🇨🇴 · Costa Rica 🇨🇷 · Russia 🇷🇺 · Panama 🇵🇦 · Nicaragua 🇳🇮 · El Salvador 🇸🇻 · Ecuador 🇪🇨 · Guatemala 🇬🇹 |
| Also written | océano Pacífico (es) · océan Pacifique (fr) · 太平洋 (zh) · المحيط الهادئ (ar) · Тихий океан (ru) · 太平洋 (ja) |
Taken from the middle of the North Pacific Ocean, that point sits at 29.1883° S, 32.6150° E. The nearest coast is South Africa 🇿🇦, roughly 68 km (42 miles) south-east.
The closest settlement of any size is Durban, South Africa, about 175 km (109 miles) from the point.
Learn more about the Indian Ocean →
27 cities on our list surface here; the 12 largest are shown.
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