Dig straight down through the centre of the Earth from Zhanjiang, China 🇨🇳, home to about 1.59 million people, and you would surface in Chile 🇨🇱, at 21.2019° S, 69.6219° W. That puts Zhanjiang among the 66 cities on this list — out of 391 — whose antipode is dry land rather than water.
| City | Zhanjiang, China 🇨🇳 |
|---|---|
| City coordinates | 21.2019° N, 110.3781° E |
| Antipode coordinates | 21.2019° S, 69.6219° W |
| What is there | Chile 🇨🇱 |
| Nearest town or city | Iquique, Chile — 118 km (73 miles) away |
| Distance straight through the Earth | 12,742 km (7,918 miles) |
Zhanjiang's antipode falls on dry land, inside Chile 🇨🇱. The closest town or city to that point is Iquique, Chile, about 118 km (73 miles) away.
2 other cities on this list surface in the same place as Zhanjiang.
Worked out by flipping the latitude across the equator (21.2019° N becomes 21.2019° S) and shifting the longitude by 180° (110.3781° E becomes 69.6219° W). More on how antipodes work.
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