Dig straight down from the middle of the Skagerrak 🌊 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 Skagerrak's key facts and a closer look at its antipode.
| Area | 32,652 km² (12,607 sq mi) |
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| Bordering countries | Norway 🇳🇴 · Denmark 🇩🇰 · Sweden 🇸🇪 |
| Also written | Skagerrak (es) · Skagerrak (fr) · 斯卡格拉克海峡 (zh) · سكاغيراك (ar) · Скагеррак (ru) · スカゲラク海峡 (ja) |
Taken from the middle of the Skagerrak, that point sits at 58.3349° S, 170.1040° W. The nearest coast is New Zealand 🇳🇿, roughly 1,446 km (899 miles) south-east.
The closest settlement of any size is Dunedin, New Zealand, about 1,903 km (1,182 miles) from the point.
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