Dig straight down through the centre of the Earth from Hangzhou, China 🇨🇳, home to about 3.01 million people, and you would surface in Argentina 🇦🇷, at 30.2519° S, 59.8319° W. That puts Hangzhou among the 66 cities on this list — out of 391 — whose antipode is dry land rather than water.
| City | Hangzhou, China 🇨🇳 |
|---|---|
| City coordinates | 30.2519° N, 120.1681° E |
| Antipode coordinates | 30.2519° S, 59.8319° W |
| What is there | Argentina 🇦🇷 |
| Nearest town or city | Santa Fe, Argentina — 173 km (107 miles) away |
| Distance straight through the Earth | 12,742 km (7,918 miles) |
Hangzhou's antipode falls on dry land, inside Argentina 🇦🇷. The closest town or city to that point is Santa Fe, Argentina, about 173 km (107 miles) away.
35 other cities on this list surface in the same place as Hangzhou; the 10 largest are shown.
Worked out by flipping the latitude across the equator (30.2519° N becomes 30.2519° S) and shifting the longitude by 180° (120.1681° E becomes 59.8319° W). More on how antipodes work.
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