Dig straight down through the centre of the Earth from Hefei, China 🇨🇳, home to about 2.04 million people, and you would surface in Argentina 🇦🇷, at 31.8520° S, 62.7219° W. That puts Hefei among the 66 cities on this list — out of 391 — whose antipode is dry land rather than water.
| City | Hefei, China 🇨🇳 |
|---|---|
| City coordinates | 31.8520° N, 117.2781° E |
| Antipode coordinates | 31.8520° S, 62.7219° W |
| What is there | Argentina 🇦🇷 |
| Nearest town or city | Córdoba, Argentina — 147 km (91 miles) away |
| Distance straight through the Earth | 12,742 km (7,918 miles) |
Hefei's antipode falls on dry land, inside Argentina 🇦🇷. The closest town or city to that point is Córdoba, Argentina, about 147 km (91 miles) away.
35 other cities on this list surface in the same place as Hefei; the 10 largest are shown.
Worked out by flipping the latitude across the equator (31.8520° N becomes 31.8520° S) and shifting the longitude by 180° (117.2781° E becomes 62.7219° W). More on how antipodes work.
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