Dig straight down from the middle of the Sea of Crete 🌊 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 Cook Islands 🇨🇰. Below are the Sea of Crete's key facts and a closer look at its antipode.
| Area | 75,160 km² (29,019 sq mi) |
|---|---|
| Bordering countries | Greece 🇬🇷 · Turkey 🇹🇷 |
| Also written | mar de Creta (es) · mer de Crète (fr) · 克里特海 (zh) · بحر كريت (ar) · Критское море (ru) · クレタ海 (ja) |
Taken from the middle of the Sea of Crete, that point sits at 36.5737° S, 155.3187° W. The nearest coast is Cook Islands 🇨🇰, roughly 1,757 km (1,092 miles) south — far enough out that no shore would be in sight.
The closest settlement of any size is Papeete, French Polynesia, about 2,191 km (1,361 miles) from the point.
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