antipode
Sign in to saveIn geography, the antipode () of any spot on Earth is the point on Earth's surface diametrically opposite to it. A pair of points antipodal () to each other are situated such that a straight line connecting the two would pass through Earth's center. Antipodal points are as far away from each other as possible. The North and South Poles are antipodes of each other.
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- Geography
- Mathematical description
- Etymology
- Historical significance
- True trip "around the world"
- Air travel between antipodes
- Non-stop antipodal flights by commercial aircraft (scheduled)
- Non-stop antipodal flights by commercial aircraft (chartered)
- Direct antipodal flights (scheduled)
- Future theoretical antipodal routes
- List of antipodes
- Earth
- Cities
- Cities and geographic features
- North and South Poles
- Gibraltar and New Zealand
- New Caledonia and Mauritania
- Suriname and Indonesia
- Philippines and Bolivia
- Brazil and South Korea
- Hawaii and Botswana
- Kerguelen Islands and North America
- St. Paul and Amsterdam Islands and Colorado
- Antarctica and North America
- Heard and McDonald Islands and Canada
- Angola and Johnston Atoll
- Easter Island and India
- Kiribati and the Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Portugal and New Zealand
- South Georgia Island and Russia
- Lake Baikal and the Strait of Magellan
- Bellinghausen Station, Antarctica and Siberia
- Australia and Bermuda
- Cocos (Keeling) Islands and Nicaragua
- Azores and Australia
- Point Nemo and Kazakhstan
- 0°N 0°E and 0°N 180°E
- Pacific Ocean
- Antipodes Islands and France
- Mecca and French Polynesia
- Angkor Wat and Machu Picchu
- List of countries by number of antipodal countries
- Antipodes beyond Earth
- In popular culture
- See also
- Notes
- References
- External links
In geography, the antipode () of any spot on Earth is the point on Earth's surface diametrically opposite to it. A pair of points antipodal () to each other are situated such that a straight line connecting the two would pass through Earth's center. Antipodal points are as far away from each other as possible. The North and South Poles are antipodes of each other.
In the Northern Hemisphere, "the Antipodes" may refer to Australia and New Zealand, and Antipodeans to their inhabitants. Geographically, the antipodes of the British Isles are in the Pacific Ocean, south of New Zealand. This gave rise to the name of the Antipodes Islands of New Zealand, which are close to the antipode of London. The antipodes of Australia are in the North Atlantic Ocean, while parts of Spain, Portugal, France and Morocco are antipodal to New Zealand.