Dig straight down from the middle of the Sea of Marmara 🌊 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 Marmara's key facts and a closer look at its antipode.
| Area | 11,559 km² (4,463 sq mi) |
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| Bordering countries | Turkey 🇹🇷 |
| Also written | mar de Mármara (es) · mer de Marmara (fr) · 马尔马拉海 (zh) · بحر مرمرة (ar) · Мраморное море (ru) · マルマラ海 (ja) |
Taken from the middle of the Sea of Marmara, that point sits at 40.6977° S, 151.6518° W. The nearest coast is New Zealand 🇳🇿, roughly 2,040 km (1,268 miles) east — far enough out that no shore would be in sight.
The closest settlement of any size is Papeete, French Polynesia, about 2,584 km (1,606 miles) from the point.
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