Dig straight down from the middle of the Norwegian Sea 🌊 and you would come out on the exact opposite side of the globe — in open water in the Southern Ocean 🌊, off the coast of Antarctica 🇦🇶. Below are the Norwegian Sea's key facts and a closer look at its antipode.
| Area | 1,528,597 km² (590,194 sq mi) |
|---|---|
| Bordering countries | Norway 🇳🇴 · Faroe Islands 🇫🇴 · United Kingdom 🇬🇧 · Iceland 🇮🇸 |
| Also written | mar de Noruega (es) · mer de Norvège (fr) · 挪威海 (zh) · بحر النرويج (ar) · Норвежское море (ru) · ノルウェー海 (ja) |
Taken from the middle of the Norwegian Sea, that point sits at 68.4978° S, 177.9594° W. The nearest coast is Antarctica 🇦🇶, roughly 563 km (350 miles) north-east.
The closest settlement of any size is Zucchelli Station, Antarctica, about 918 km (570 miles) from the point.
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