# Antipodes Map **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 10, 2012, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/antipodes-map/621459 "2012-05-10T01:41:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![bienville](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4bbf92/32.png) [@bienville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bienville)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2012, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/antipodes-map/621459/1 "2012-05-10T01:41:10Z")
A friend linked this on Facebook and I’ve been wasting way too much time with it. [www.antipodemap.com](http://www.antipodemap.com/) Trying to actually match up cities or towns of any noticeable size, the best I’ve come up with is: Cordova Spain with Hamilton New Zealand (depending on whether or not either of those cities sprawls out into suburbs) Honolulu puts you on the outskirts of Ghanzi Botswana (though I suspect Ghanzi Botswana may not have any outskirts) Bogota nearly gets you to Jakarta (does Gedung Meneng count as a “city or town of noticeable size?”) ---
**Author:** ![PlainJain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5daacb/32.png) [@PlainJain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlainJain)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2012, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/antipodes-map/621459/2 "2012-05-10T02:05:34Z")
That is really cool. I just wasted 20 minutes on that site. Strangely addicting! ---
**Author:** ![si\_blakely](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d9b06d/32.png) [@si\_blakely](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/si_blakely)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2012, 8:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/antipodes-map/621459/3 "2012-05-10T08:23:24Z")
We are planning a European tour sometime before moving back to NZ from the UK. I want to divert deep into Southern Spain, just so I can visit my _natal antipode_. That way, I can always win the “furthest from where you were born” contests (and I usually do pretty well anyhow, but I want the edge, without strapping myself to a retired ICBM). Si ---
**Author:** ![Labtrash](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/labtrash/32/528_2.png) [@Labtrash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labtrash)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2012, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/antipodes-map/621459/4 "2012-05-10T14:43:49Z")
The island of Bermuda is almost (few hundred miles) lined up with Rockingham, Australia. Also, my parents lied to me. Nowhere in the US lines up with China. In fact, nowhere in the continental US lines up with any land (North Alaska gets an edge of Antarctica, and Hawaii gets Botswana and Namibia). ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2012, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/antipodes-map/621459/5 "2012-05-10T17:47:03Z")
I’m stuck between the Kerguelen islands and southwestern Australia. Damp, very damp. Cold, too. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2012, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/antipodes-map/621459/6 "2012-05-10T19:50:39Z")
You can always cheat and look at the [big picture](http://www.peakbagger.com/pbgeog/worldrev.aspx). ---
**Author:** ![Shark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/73ab20/32.png) [@Shark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shark)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2012, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/antipodes-map/621459/7 "2012-05-10T20:43:15Z")
Wow, it’s amazing how little overlap there is when looking at that map. Some overlap with China/Southeast Asia and South America, but it almost looks like the land masses are arranged to avoid antipodal juxtaposition, (band name). Look how nicely Australia nestles into the North Atlantic and how the edge of Antarctic skirts the edge of Russia. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2012, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/antipodes-map/621459/8 "2012-05-10T20:49:47Z")
> [@](#): > > Also, my parents lied to me. Nowhere in the US lines up with China. I was pretty young when I realized that China was a poor approximation to opposite the US, and started digging my hole in the backyard to Australia, instead. Which still isn’t right, of course, but it’s closer.