Earth Sandwich / City antipodes / Jinjiang

Antipode finder · China

The antipode of
Jinjiang.

Draw a straight line from Jinjiang (24.82° N, 118.57° E) through the centre of the Earth and it comes out at 24.82° S, 61.43° W, on dry land in Argentina, 65 km from Laguna Yema. An exact Earth sandwich is possible.

Two globes: one centred on Jinjiang, one centred on its antipode at 24.82° S, 61.43° W
Above JinjiangAbove the antipode
Jinjiang
24.82° N, 118.57° E · about 40 m above sea level · 1,416,151 people
Antipode
24.82° S, 61.43° W
What is there
Dry land in Argentina
Nearest town
Laguna Yema, Argentina · 65 km from the antipode
Nearest big city
Asunción · 384 km from the antipode
Sandwich verdict
EXACT land lies opposite land
Elevation bonus
+160 m (40 m here, 120 m there)

Can you make an Earth sandwich from Jinjiang?

Yes: an exact Earth sandwich. Jinjiang 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 Jinjiang and have a friend put one down 65 km from Laguna Yema, Argentina at the same UTC minute, and the whole planet is the filling. The elevation bonus would be about 160 m: Jinjiang sits about 40 m above sea level and the other slice about 120 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.