Earth Sandwich / City antipodes / Zunyi

Antipode finder · China

The antipode of
Zunyi.

Draw a straight line from Zunyi (27.69° N, 106.91° E) through the centre of the Earth and it comes out at 27.69° S, 73.09° W, in the South Pacific Ocean, 194 km from the nearest dry land, off the coast of Chile. A sloppy Earth sandwich is possible.

Two globes: one centred on Zunyi, one centred on its antipode at 27.69° S, 73.09° W
Above ZunyiAbove the antipode
Zunyi
27.69° N, 106.91° E · about 920 m above sea level · 2,037,775 people
Antipode
27.69° S, 73.09° W
What is there
The South Pacific Ocean; the sea floor there lies about 3,880 m below the surface
Nearest dry land
194 km from the antipode, on the coast of Chile
Nearest town
Huasco, Chile · 203 km from the antipode
Nearest big city
Santiago · 683 km from the antipode
Sandwich verdict
SLOPPY dry land within 200 km of the antipode

Can you make an Earth sandwich from Zunyi?

Nearly: a sloppy-grade Earth sandwich. The antipode of Zunyi lies in the South Pacific Ocean, 194 km from the nearest dry land in Chile. Sandwich Law allows a slice within 200 km of the true antipode, and the verifying grid rates Zunyi sloppy, so bread in Zunyi and bread near Huasco, 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.