Earth Sandwich / City antipodes / Baoshan

Antipode finder · China

The antipode of
Baoshan.

Draw a straight line from Baoshan (31.41° N, 121.49° E) through the centre of the Earth and it comes out at 31.41° S, 58.51° W, on dry land in Argentina, 16 km from General Campos. An exact Earth sandwich is possible.

Two globes: one centred on Baoshan, one centred on its antipode at 31.41° S, 58.51° W
Above BaoshanAbove the antipode
Baoshan
31.41° N, 121.49° E · at about sea level · 2,265,900 people
Antipode
31.41° S, 58.51° W
What is there
Dry land in Argentina
Nearest town
General Campos, Argentina · 16 km from the antipode
Nearest big city
Buenos Aires · 357 km from the antipode
Sandwich verdict
EXACT land lies opposite land
Elevation bonus
+0 m (-40 m here, 40 m there)

Can you make an Earth sandwich from Baoshan?

Yes: an exact Earth sandwich. Baoshan is one of the few large cities with dry land directly opposite it. The grid that verifies submissions rates the spot exact: put a slice down in Baoshan and have a friend put one down 16 km from General Campos, Argentina at the same UTC minute, and the whole planet is the filling. The elevation bonus would be about 0 m: Baoshan sits at about sea level and the other slice about 40 m above sea level.

How this was worked out: the antipode flips the latitude and moves the longitude by 180°. Land or sea comes from the OpenStreetMap coastline the map uses; the sandwich verdict and elevations come from the verifier's 0.2° grid (Natural Earth land, ETOPO 2022 relief); water names from Natural Earth; towns and populations from GeoNames. The city's position is GeoNames' point for it; a big city's suburbs spread tens of kilometres around that point, and the figures move with them. Generated 2026-09-29.