Dig straight down from the middle of the South Pacific Ocean 🌊 and you would come out on the exact opposite side of the globe — in Iran 🇮🇷, near Shiraz. Below are the South Pacific Ocean's key facts and a closer look at its antipode.
| Area | 75,059,672 km² (28,980,689 sq mi) |
|---|---|
| Bordering countries | Chile 🇨🇱 · New Zealand 🇳🇿 · Peru 🇵🇪 · Indonesia 🇮🇩 · Fiji 🇫🇯 · Papua New Guinea 🇵🇬 · Ecuador 🇪🇨 · French Polynesia 🇵🇫 · Solomon Islands 🇸🇧 · Vanuatu 🇻🇺 · Kiribati 🇰🇮 · Samoa 🇼🇸 |
| Also written | océano Pacífico (es) · océan Pacifique (fr) · 太平洋 (zh) · المحيط الهادئ (ar) · Тихий океан (ru) · 太平洋 (ja) |
Taken from the middle of the South Pacific Ocean, that point sits at 29.0623° N, 54.2486° E. The closest town to it is Shiraz, Iran, about 175 km (109 miles) away.
175 cities on our list surface here; the 12 largest are shown.
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