Marilyn's Photos - Sep 3 2026 - On the Other Side of the Earth
That might be a fun game. What is on the other side of the earth from [somewhere]. This is known as an antipode - a point that is on the exact opposite side of the earth from a given location. I've not heard of this before. So choosing Grimsby, the answer is:
"On the exact opposite side of the Earth (the antipode) from Grimsby, Ontario, Canada, you will find open ocean. If you were to dig a tunnel straight down through the center of the planet, you would emerge in the southern Indian Ocean. The precise geographical coordinates for this opposite point are approximately 43.19° S, 100.44° E.
This point is highly isolated, but here is what is closest to it:
Nearest Land: The isolated Heard Island and McDonald Islands (an Australian territory) lie roughly 2,000 kilometers to the southwest, and the southwestern coast of Australia (near Perth) is about 1,600 kilometers to the northeast.
Because water covers over 70% of the planet's surface, most places in North America similarly line up with the vast waters of the Indian Ocean rather than solid land."
It turns out that New Zealand is pretty popular as an antipode location. It even has the Antipodes Islands, southeast of New Zealand. Wikipedia has a ranking by population of antipodal pairs. This history is interesting with the first Roman geographer asserting that the Earth had two habitable zones but that the unbearable heat at the Equator meant we would never meet.
A zoom through the Earth to the other side land only to find water.
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