Dig straight down from the middle of the Øresund 🌊 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 Øresund's key facts and a closer look at its antipode.
| Area | 2,157 km² (833 sq mi) |
|---|---|
| Bordering countries | Denmark 🇩🇰 · Sweden 🇸🇪 |
| Also written | Oresund (es) · Øresund (fr) · 厄勒海峡 (zh) · أوريسند (ar) · Эресунн (ru) · エーレスンド海峡 (ja) |
Taken from the middle of the Øresund, that point sits at 55.6893° S, 167.2260° W. The nearest coast is New Zealand 🇳🇿, roughly 1,414 km (879 miles) south-east.
The closest settlement of any size is Dunedin, New Zealand, about 1,895 km (1,177 miles) from the point.
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