Antipode of Rio de Janeiro
The antipode of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, is the exact point on Earth reached by a straight line through the planet's center.
Rio de Janeiro coordinates
22.90680 deg S
43.17290 deg W
Antipode coordinates
22.90680 deg N
136.82710 deg E
How this antipode is calculated
Latitude changes sign, so north becomes south or south becomes north. Longitude moves 180 degrees around the globe. That gives the exact opposite coordinates shown above.
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