Dig straight down through the centre of the Earth from Dongguan, China 🇨🇳, home to about 4.53 million people, and you would surface in Argentina 🇦🇷, at 23.0508° S, 66.2572° W. That puts Dongguan among the 66 cities on this list — out of 391 — whose antipode is dry land rather than water.
| City | Dongguan, China 🇨🇳 |
|---|---|
| City coordinates | 23.0508° N, 113.7428° E |
| Antipode coordinates | 23.0508° S, 66.2572° W |
| What is there | Argentina 🇦🇷 |
| Nearest town or city | Salta, Argentina — 211 km (131 miles) away |
| Distance straight through the Earth | 12,742 km (7,918 miles) |
Dongguan's antipode falls on dry land, inside Argentina 🇦🇷. The closest town or city to that point is Salta, Argentina, about 211 km (131 miles) away.
35 other cities on this list surface in the same place as Dongguan; the 10 largest are shown.
Worked out by flipping the latitude across the equator (23.0508° N becomes 23.0508° S) and shifting the longitude by 180° (113.7428° E becomes 66.2572° W). More on how antipodes work.
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