Dig straight down through the centre of the Earth from Santiago, Chile 🇨🇱, home to about 5.72 million people, and you would surface in China 🇨🇳, at 33.4481° N, 109.3310° E. That puts Santiago among the 66 cities on this list — out of 391 — whose antipode is dry land rather than water.
| City | Santiago, Chile 🇨🇱 |
|---|---|
| City coordinates | 33.4481° S, 70.6690° W |
| Antipode coordinates | 33.4481° N, 109.3310° E |
| What is there | China 🇨🇳 |
| Nearest town or city | Ankang, China — 90 km (56 miles) away |
| Distance straight through the Earth | 12,742 km (7,918 miles) |
Santiago's antipode falls on dry land, inside China 🇨🇳. The closest town or city to that point is Ankang, China, about 90 km (56 miles) away.
No other city on this list surfaces in China — Santiago has it to itself.
Worked out by flipping the latitude across the equator (33.4481° S becomes 33.4481° N) and shifting the longitude by 180° (70.6690° W becomes 109.3310° E). More on how antipodes work.
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