Dig straight down from the middle of the North Sea 🌊 and you would come out on the exact opposite side of the globe — in open water in the South Pacific Ocean 🌊, off the coast of New Zealand 🇳🇿. Below are the North Sea's key facts and a closer look at its antipode.
| Area | 504,638 km² (194,842 sq mi) |
|---|---|
| Bordering countries | United Kingdom 🇬🇧 · Norway 🇳🇴 · Netherlands 🇳🇱 · Germany 🇩🇪 · Denmark 🇩🇰 · Belgium 🇧🇪 · France 🇫🇷 |
| Also written | mar del Norte (es) · mer du Nord (fr) · 北海 (zh) · بحر الشمال (ar) · Северное море (ru) · 北海 (ja) |
Taken from the middle of the North Sea, that point sits at 55.7398° S, 176.8842° W. The nearest coast is New Zealand 🇳🇿, roughly 969 km (602 miles) south-east.
The closest settlement of any size is Dunedin, New Zealand, about 1,405 km (873 miles) from the point.
Learn more about the South Pacific Ocean →
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