Earth Sandwich / City antipodes / Shenyang

Antipode finder · China

The antipode of
Shenyang.

Draw a straight line from Shenyang (41.79° N, 123.43° E) through the centre of the Earth and it comes out at 41.79° S, 56.57° W, in the South Atlantic Ocean, 397 km from the nearest dry land, off the coast of Argentina. The other slice of an Earth sandwich would sink.

Two globes: one centred on Shenyang, one centred on its antipode at 41.79° S, 56.57° W
Above ShenyangAbove the antipode
Shenyang
41.79° N, 123.43° E · about 40 m above sea level · 7,050,000 people
Antipode
41.79° S, 56.57° W
What is there
The South Atlantic Ocean; the sea floor there lies about 1,960 m below the surface
Nearest dry land
397 km from the antipode, on the coast of Argentina
Nearest town
Necochea, Argentina · 405 km from the antipode
Nearest big city
Montevideo · 767 km from the antipode
Sandwich verdict
SOGGY the other slice lands in open water
Nearest exact spot
434 km away, 54 km from Lüshun, China ⇄ 35 km from Necochea, Argentina

Can you make an Earth sandwich from Shenyang?

No, not from Shenyang itself. The other slice would land in the South Atlantic Ocean, 397 km from the nearest dry land (Argentina), where the sea floor lies about 1,960 m below the surface. Boats do not count (Sandwich Law § 1.3).

The nearest place from which an exact Earth sandwich is possible is 434 km from Shenyang, 54 km from Lüshun, China. Its other slice would go down 35 km from Necochea, Argentina.

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.