Earth Sandwich / City antipodes / Suqian

Antipode finder · China

The antipode of
Suqian.

Draw a straight line from Suqian (33.95° N, 118.30° E) through the centre of the Earth and it comes out at 33.95° S, 61.70° W, on dry land in Argentina, 11 km from Villa Cañás. An exact Earth sandwich is possible.

Two globes: one centred on Suqian, one centred on its antipode at 33.95° S, 61.70° W
Above SuqianAbove the antipode
Suqian
33.95° N, 118.30° E · about 40 m above sea level · 1,437,685 people
Antipode
33.95° S, 61.70° W
What is there
Dry land in Argentina
Nearest town
Villa Cañás, Argentina · 11 km from the antipode
Nearest big city
Buenos Aires · 314 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 Suqian?

Yes: an exact Earth sandwich. Suqian 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 Suqian and have a friend put one down 11 km from Villa Cañás, Argentina at the same UTC minute, and the whole planet is the filling. The elevation bonus would be about 160 m: Suqian 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.