Dig straight down through the centre of the Earth from Taipei, Taiwan 🇹🇼, home to about 6.90 million people, and you would surface in Argentina 🇦🇷, at 25.0358° S, 58.4317° W. That puts Taipei among the 66 cities on this list — out of 391 — whose antipode is dry land rather than water.
| City | Taipei, Taiwan 🇹🇼 |
|---|---|
| City coordinates | 25.0358° N, 121.5683° E |
| Antipode coordinates | 25.0358° S, 58.4317° W |
| What is there | Argentina 🇦🇷 |
| Nearest town or city | Asunción, Paraguay — 84 km (52 miles) away |
| Distance straight through the Earth | 12,742 km (7,918 miles) |
Taipei's antipode falls on dry land, inside Argentina 🇦🇷. The closest town or city to that point is Asunción, Paraguay, about 84 km (52 miles) away.
35 other cities on this list surface in the same place as Taipei; the 10 largest are shown.
Worked out by flipping the latitude across the equator (25.0358° N becomes 25.0358° S) and shifting the longitude by 180° (121.5683° E becomes 58.4317° W). More on how antipodes work.
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