What Is Directly on the Other Side of the World?

Every place on Earth has an exact opposite point, called its antipode. For most of the land we live on, that point is out at sea.

To find yours, flip the latitude from north to south, then subtract your longitude from 180 and swap east and west. A free online antipode map will do it instantly.

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The old saying that you would reach China is off. From most of the lower 48 states, you would come out in the southern Indian Ocean, a long way from anywhere.

The lucky pairs

Land makes up less than a third of Earth’s surface, and only a small share of it sits opposite other land. A few matches do exist.

• Spain and New Zealand
• Parts of Argentina and China
• Parts of Chile and China

So a person in Madrid and a person near Wellington have about as much of the planet between them as two people can have. That is what we mean by a world with two ends.