Dig straight down from the middle of the Tyrrhenian Sea 🌊 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 Tyrrhenian Sea's key facts and a closer look at its antipode.
| Area | 217,424 km² (83,948 sq mi) |
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| Bordering countries | Italy 🇮🇹 · France 🇫🇷 |
| Also written | mar Tirreno (es) · mer Tyrrhénienne (fr) · 第勒尼安海 (zh) · البحر التيراني (ar) · Тирренское море (ru) · ティレニア海 (ja) |
Taken from the middle of the Tyrrhenian Sea, that point sits at 40.8983° S, 168.1850° W. The nearest coast is New Zealand 🇳🇿, roughly 729 km (453 miles) north-east.
The closest settlement of any size is Napier, New Zealand, about 1,273 km (791 miles) from the point.
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