Portugal · Europe
Can you dig through the Earth to Portugal?
Yes!
But only if you start in New Zealand. About 17% of Portugal’s exact opposite side is land; the rest is the Tasman Sea.
- 12,739 kmtunnel from the middle of Portugal
- 17%of the other side is land
- 83%of the other side is water
PortugalStart digging in here to reach it
What about from where you are?
Tap ◎ or search to see where your own tunnel would come out, and how far you’d be from Portugal.
If you dug straight down from Portugal, where would you come out?
Flip Portugal to the exact opposite side of the planet and this is where it lands:
Digging from Portugal’s biggest cities
- Lisboncomes out in Tasman Sea251 km from Nelson, New Zealand
- Portocomes out in Tasman Sea62 km from West Coast, New Zealand
- Bragacomes out in Tasman Sea24 km from West Coast, New Zealand
- Funchalcomes out in Tasman Sea606 km from Norfolk Island
- Setúbalcomes out in Tasman Sea247 km from Taranaki, New Zealand