Dig straight down through the centre of the Earth from Shenzhen, China 🇨🇳, home to about 7.58 million people, and you would surface in Argentina 🇦🇷, at 22.5543° S, 65.8798° W. That puts Shenzhen among the 66 cities on this list — out of 391 — whose antipode is dry land rather than water.
| City | Shenzhen, China 🇨🇳 |
|---|---|
| City coordinates | 22.5543° N, 114.1202° E |
| Antipode coordinates | 22.5543° S, 65.8798° W |
| What is there | Argentina 🇦🇷 |
| Nearest town or city | Tarija, Bolivia — 164 km (102 miles) away |
| Distance straight through the Earth | 12,742 km (7,918 miles) |
Shenzhen's antipode falls on dry land, inside Argentina 🇦🇷. The closest town or city to that point is Tarija, Bolivia, about 164 km (102 miles) away.
35 other cities on this list surface in the same place as Shenzhen; the 10 largest are shown.
Worked out by flipping the latitude across the equator (22.5543° N becomes 22.5543° S) and shifting the longitude by 180° (114.1202° E becomes 65.8798° W). More on how antipodes work.
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