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The word antipodal means opposite and the word antipodes is used in relation to geographical locations across the world which are exact opposites to one another.
The British are renowned for calling Australia their Antipodes, which is strange considering no part of either mainland Britain nor mainland Australia actually have an antipodal landmass.
Shown below is a list of the world's antipodal cities, a list of South Pacific Island antipodes and a list of other antipodal geographic locations.
THE WORLD'S ANTIPODAL CITIES
Lyttleton Harbour, Christchurch, New Zealand
Christchurch, New Zealand — A Coruña, Spain.
Hamilton, New Zealand — Córdoba, Spain.
Hong Kong — La Quiaca, Argentina.
Junín, Argentina — Lianyungang, China.
Padang, Indonesia — Esmeraldas, Ecuador.
Palembang, Indonesia — Neiva, Colombia.
Rafaela, Argentina — Wuhu, China.
Segovia, Spain - Masterton, New Zealand.
Tauranga, New Zealand — Jaén, Spain.
Ulan Ude, Russia — Puerto Natales, Chile.
Valdivia, Chile — Wuhai, China.
Whangarei, New Zealand — Tangier, Morocco.
PACIFIC ISLAND ANTIPODES
Pago Pago, American Samoa
American Samoa - Niger.
Cook Islands - Niger.
Fiji - Mali.
French Polynesia - Saudi Arabia.
Kiribati - Niger, Democratic Republic of Congo and Sudan.
Pitcairn Island - Saudi Arabia.
Solomon Islands - Guinea and Mali.
Tonga - Algeria and Niger.
Tuvalu - Ghana.
Vanuatu - Mauritania, Senegal and Mali.
ANTIPODAL GEOGRAPHIC LOCATIONS
Gibraltar Airport
Gibraltar, a British Overseas Territory situated on the southern most tip of the Iberian Peninsula, is antipodal to Te Arai Beach situated near Auckland on New Zealand's North Island.
The northern part of New Caledonia, an overseas territory of France located in the South Pacific, is antipodal to the desert area of Mauritania in west Africa.
Parts of Suriname on the north west coast of south America are antipodal to the Indonesian island of Sulawesi.
Luzon Island in the Philippines is antipodal to a large swathe of eastern Bolivia.
Santa Vitória do Palmar, the most southerly town in Brazil, is antipodal to Jeju Island, South Korea's largest island and southern most territory, situated in the Korea Strait.
The Hawaii Island's Big Island, located in the Pacific Ocean, is antipodal to the Okavango Delta of Botswana.
Hawaii's Big Island's largest county, Hilo, is antipodal to the Nxai Pan National Park in Botswana.
Easter Island in the eastern South Pacific Ocean, is antipodal to the Desert National Park near Jaisalmer in India.
Kerguelen Island in the Indian Ocean is antipodal to the Canadian provinces of Alberta and Saskatchewan and the US state of Montana.
Heard and McDonald Islands, an uninhabited Australian territory in the Antarctic Ocean / Southern Ocean, is antipodal to central Saskatchewan in Canada.
St. Paul and Amsterdam Islands , located in the Indian Ocean, are antipodal to a large part of the US state of Colorado.
South Georgia Island in the South Atlantic Ocean is antipodal to the northern most part of Russia's Sakhalin Island located in the north Pacific Ocean.
Lake Baikal, the world's deepest lake and Russia's largest lake, is partially antipodal to the Straits of Magellan, situated on the southern most tip of South America.
The Russian Antarctic research base at Bellingshausen Station is antipodal to a large part of Russian Siberia.
Rottnest Island, situated off the coast of Western Australia, is antipodal to Bermuda, located in the north Atlantic Ocean.
Flores Island, the western most island of the Portuguese Azores island group, located in the Atlantic Ocean, is almost antipodal to Flinders Island, situated on the Tasman Strait located between Australia's island state of Tasmania and the Australian mainland.
The North Pole is antipodal to the South Pole.
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