Dig straight down through the centre of the Earth from Hong Kong, Hong Kong S.A.R. 🇭🇰, home to about 7.21 million people, and you would surface in Argentina 🇦🇷, at 22.3069° S, 65.8169° W. That puts Hong Kong among the 66 cities on this list — out of 391 — whose antipode is dry land rather than water.
| City | Hong Kong, Hong Kong S.A.R. 🇭🇰 |
|---|---|
| City coordinates | 22.3069° N, 114.1831° E |
| Antipode coordinates | 22.3069° S, 65.8169° W |
| What is there | Argentina 🇦🇷 |
| Nearest town or city | Tarija, Bolivia — 141 km (88 miles) away |
| Distance straight through the Earth | 12,742 km (7,918 miles) |
Hong Kong's antipode falls on dry land, inside Argentina 🇦🇷. The closest town or city to that point is Tarija, Bolivia, about 141 km (88 miles) away.
35 other cities on this list surface in the same place as Hong Kong; the 10 largest are shown.
Worked out by flipping the latitude across the equator (22.3069° N becomes 22.3069° S) and shifting the longitude by 180° (114.1831° E becomes 65.8169° W). More on how antipodes work.
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