Dig straight down from the middle of the Sea of Azov 🌊 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 Sea of Azov's key facts and a closer look at its antipode.
| Area | 37,566 km² (14,504 sq mi) |
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| Bordering countries | Russia 🇷🇺 · Ukraine 🇺🇦 |
| Also written | mar de Azov (es) · mer d'Azov (fr) · 亞速海 (zh) · بحر آزوف (ar) · Азовское море (ru) · アゾフ海 (ja) |
Taken from the middle of the Sea of Azov, that point sits at 46.2733° S, 143.2104° W. The nearest coast is New Zealand 🇳🇿, roughly 2,567 km (1,595 miles) east — far enough out that no shore would be in sight.
The closest settlement of any size is Papeete, French Polynesia, about 3,249 km (2,019 miles) from the point.
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