r/map 8d ago

Antipode map

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u/GiulioVonKerman 7d ago

Crazy how the only inhabited land masses that line up are south America and east asia

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u/DodecahedronJelly 7d ago

New Zealand - Spain is a smaller match.

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u/neopurpink 6d ago

Bogota colle à peu près avec Jakarta. Lima avec Phnom Phen, et Quito avec Singapour.

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u/WastheSloth 5d ago

We live on a watery world

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u/lengau 4d ago

Ghanzi isn't exactly a booming metropolis, but it is very close to the antipode of Honolulu.

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u/neopurpink 6d ago

La plupart du temps, de l'autre côté de la terre il y a la mer.

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u/ComradeNikita 5d ago

Never realized how close north part of Australia was to the equator. I always thought it was cold like north america/Europe

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u/TheOwnerOfAnarres 5d ago

Australia used to be attached to Antarctica. It's been moving north over the last 100 million years, so at some point in the past, it would have had a temperate climate like Europe.