Dig straight down through the centre of the Earth from Baotou, China 🇨🇳, home to about 2.04 million people, and you would surface in Argentina 🇦🇷, at 40.6542° S, 70.1799° W. That puts Baotou among the 66 cities on this list — out of 391 — whose antipode is dry land rather than water.
| City | Baotou, China 🇨🇳 |
|---|---|
| City coordinates | 40.6542° N, 109.8201° E |
| Antipode coordinates | 40.6542° S, 70.1799° W |
| What is there | Argentina 🇦🇷 |
| Nearest town or city | Bariloche, Argentina — 109 km (68 miles) away |
| Distance straight through the Earth | 12,742 km (7,918 miles) |
Baotou's antipode falls on dry land, inside Argentina 🇦🇷. The closest town or city to that point is Bariloche, Argentina, about 109 km (68 miles) away.
35 other cities on this list surface in the same place as Baotou; the 10 largest are shown.
Worked out by flipping the latitude across the equator (40.6542° N becomes 40.6542° S) and shifting the longitude by 180° (109.8201° E becomes 70.1799° W). More on how antipodes work.
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