Dig straight down from the middle of the Strait of Gibraltar 🌊 and you would come out on the exact opposite side of the globe — in New Zealand 🇳🇿, near Auckland. Below are the Strait of Gibraltar's key facts and a closer look at its antipode.
| Area | 23 km² (9 sq mi) |
|---|---|
| Bordering countries | Morocco 🇲🇦 · Spain 🇪🇸 |
| Also written | Estrecho de Gibraltar (es) · détroit de Gibraltar (fr) · 直布羅陀海峽 (zh) · مضيق جبل طارق (ar) · Гибралтарский пролив (ru) · ジブラルタル海峡 (ja) |
Taken from the middle of the Strait of Gibraltar, that point sits at 35.8011° S, 174.1736° E. The closest town to it is Auckland, New Zealand, about 128 km (80 miles) away.
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