Dig straight down through the centre of the Earth from Buenos Aires, Argentina 🇦🇷, home to about 12.8 million people, and you would surface in the Yellow Sea 🌊, at 34.6006° N, 121.6005° E. Like most of the planet, that spot is open ocean; only 66 of the 391 cities listed here have an antipode on land.
| City | Buenos Aires, Argentina 🇦🇷 |
|---|---|
| City coordinates | 34.6006° S, 58.3995° W |
| Antipode coordinates | 34.6006° N, 121.6005° E |
| What is there | Yellow Sea 🌊 (open water) |
| Nearest land | China 🇨🇳 — 127 km (79 miles) away |
| Nearest town or city | Qingdao, China — 202 km (126 miles) away |
| Distance straight through the Earth | 12,742 km (7,918 miles) |
Buenos Aires's antipode is in open water, in the Yellow Sea 🌊. The point lies roughly 127 km (79 miles) north-east of the nearest coast, which belongs to China 🇨🇳.
The closest settlement of any size is Qingdao, China, about 202 km (126 miles) from the point.
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One other city on this list surfaces in the same place as Buenos Aires.
Worked out by flipping the latitude across the equator (34.6006° S becomes 34.6006° N) and shifting the longitude by 180° (58.3995° W becomes 121.6005° E). More on how antipodes work.
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