Dig straight down from the middle of the Waddenzee 🌊 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 Waddenzee's key facts and a closer look at its antipode.
| Area | 1,904 km² (735 sq mi) |
|---|---|
| Bordering countries | Netherlands 🇳🇱 |
| Also written | mar de Frisia (es) · mer des Wadden (fr) · 瓦登海 (zh) · بحر وادن (ar) · Ваттовое море (ru) · ワッデン海 (ja) |
Taken from the middle of the Waddenzee, that point sits at 53.1384° S, 174.8621° W. The nearest coast is New Zealand 🇳🇿, roughly 984 km (611 miles) south.
The closest settlement of any size is Dunedin, New Zealand, about 1,326 km (824 miles) from the point.
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