Earth Sandwich / City antipodes / Liuzhou

Antipode finder · China

The antipode of
Liuzhou.

Draw a straight line from Liuzhou (24.32° N, 109.41° E) through the centre of the Earth and it comes out at 24.32° S, 70.59° W, in the South Pacific Ocean, 5 km from the nearest dry land, off the coast of Chile. A deli-grade Earth sandwich is possible.

Two globes: one centred on Liuzhou, one centred on its antipode at 24.32° S, 70.59° W
Above LiuzhouAbove the antipode
Liuzhou
24.32° N, 109.41° E · about 120 m above sea level · 1,436,599 people
Antipode
24.32° S, 70.59° W
What is there
The South Pacific Ocean
Nearest dry land
5 km from the antipode, on the coast of Chile
Nearest town
Antofagasta, Chile · 77 km from the antipode
Nearest big city
Arequipa · 887 km from the antipode
Sandwich verdict
DELI dry land within 50 km of the antipode

Can you make an Earth sandwich from Liuzhou?

Nearly: a deli-grade Earth sandwich. The antipode of Liuzhou lies in the South Pacific Ocean, 5 km from the nearest dry land in Chile. Sandwich Law allows a slice within 50 km of the true antipode, and the verifying grid rates Liuzhou deli, so bread in Liuzhou and bread near Antofagasta, Chile still count as one sandwich. The elevation bonus depends on the spot chosen for the dry slice.

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.