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Antipodes

June 19th, 2006 · 5 Comments

See here for an interesting, interactive map of the world showing which points are exactly opposite each other.

Could you get to China by digging a hole straight through the earth from the USA?

Tags: Computers, Tech & Science

5 responses so far ↓

  • 1 Donna // Jun 19, 2006 at 6:16 pm

    Looks like we’d have to live in South America to do that!

  • 2 Don // Jun 19, 2006 at 7:48 pm

    Chile, Bolivia, or Argentina to be more precise. Pretty cool.

  • 3 Daryl // Jun 19, 2006 at 7:56 pm

    When we travel to Peru next month, Gisele will be opposite the place she was born, Vietnam. She’s also been to New Zealand and Spain, another pair.

    I don’t think I’ve ever been at or near any antipode pairs.

  • 4 Mom // Jun 20, 2006 at 2:56 pm

    From everywhere I’ve been, I would end up in an ocean.

  • 5 Heather // Jun 20, 2006 at 5:04 pm

    Looks like if we dug anywhere in the con. 48 states we would just hit water!

    Pretty cool site!