Earth Sandwich / City antipodes / Foshan

Antipode finder · China

The antipode of
Foshan.

Draw a straight line from Foshan (23.03° N, 113.13° E) through the centre of the Earth and it comes out at 23.03° S, 66.87° W, on dry land in Argentina, 66 km from Susques. An exact Earth sandwich is possible.

Two globes: one centred on Foshan, one centred on its antipode at 23.03° S, 66.87° W
Above FoshanAbove the antipode
Foshan
23.03° N, 113.13° E · about 40 m above sea level · 9,042,509 people
Antipode
23.03° S, 66.87° W
What is there
Dry land in Argentina
Nearest town
Susques, Argentina · 66 km from the antipode
Nearest big city
Santa Cruz de la Sierra · 698 km from the antipode
Sandwich verdict
EXACT land lies opposite land
Elevation bonus
+4,480 m (40 m here, 4,440 m there)

Can you make an Earth sandwich from Foshan?

Yes: an exact Earth sandwich. Foshan 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 Foshan and have a friend put one down 66 km from Susques, Argentina at the same UTC minute, and the whole planet is the filling. The elevation bonus would be about 4,480 m: Foshan sits about 40 m above sea level and the other slice about 4,440 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.