Earth Sandwich / City antipodes / Malingao

Antipode finder · Philippines

The antipode of
Malingao.

Draw a straight line from Malingao (7.16° N, 124.47° E) through the centre of the Earth and it comes out at 7.16° S, 55.53° W, on dry land in Brazil, 16 km from Novo Progresso. An exact Earth sandwich is possible.

Two globes: one centred on Malingao, one centred on its antipode at 7.16° S, 55.53° W
Above MalingaoAbove the antipode
Malingao
7.16° N, 124.47° E · about 40 m above sea level · 1,121,974 people
Antipode
7.16° S, 55.53° W
What is there
Dry land in Brazil
Nearest town
Novo Progresso, Brazil · 16 km from the antipode
Nearest big city
Manaus · 672 km from the antipode
Sandwich verdict
EXACT land lies opposite land
Elevation bonus
+240 m (40 m here, 200 m there)

Can you make an Earth sandwich from Malingao?

Yes: an exact Earth sandwich. Malingao 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 Malingao and have a friend put one down 16 km from Novo Progresso, Brazil at the same UTC minute, and the whole planet is the filling. The elevation bonus would be about 240 m: Malingao sits about 40 m above sea level and the other slice about 200 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.