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DEFINITION:
Countries diametrically opposite of each other. For instance, if one were to draw a straight line though the center of the earth in Argentina it would end in China. These countries are considered antipodes.
COUNTRY |
DESCRIPTION |
|---|---|
| AlgeriaAlgeria | Tonga , New Zealand (Kermadec) |
| AntarcticaAntarctica | Greenland , Canada , United States , Russia , Norway |
| ArgentinaArgentina | China , Taiwan , Mongolia , Russia |
| AustraliaAustralia | ( Heard Island and McDonald Islands ) Canada, ( Christmas Island ) Colombia, ( Perth ) Bermuda (UK) |
| BoliviaBolivia | China , Philippines |
| BrazilBrazil | China , Japan , South Korea , Philippines , Malaysia , Indonesia , Brunei , Palau , Federated States of Micronesia |
| CanadaCanada | Antarctica , France ( Kerguelen ), Australia ( Heard Island and McDonald Islands ) |
| Central African RepublicCentral Africa | Kiribati, New Zealand (Cook Ils) |
| ChileChile | China , Mongolia , Russia ; Easter Island : India |
| ChinaChina | Mainland: Argentina , Chile , Uruguay , Brazil , Bolivia , UK ( Falkland Islands ) |
| ColombiaColombia | Indonesia , Malaysia , Australia (Christmas Island) |
| Democratic Republic of the CongoCongo, DR. | Kiribati, United States (Palmyra, Kingman Reef) |
| EcuadorEcuador | Malaysia , Singapore , Indonesia |
| FijiFiji | Mali ; (Rutuma) Burkina |
| FranceFrance | Mainland: New Zealand ( Chatham Islands ) Southern & Antarctic Lands : Canada , United States French Guiana : Indonesia New Caledonia : Mauritania , Western Sahara Wallis and Futuna : Niger French Polynesia : Sudan , Egypt , Saudi Arabia , Eritrea , Ethiopia |
| IndonesiaIndonesia | Ecuador , Peru , Colombia , Venezuela , Brazil , Suriname , Guyana , France ( French Guiana ) |
| JapanJapan | (Ryukyu) Brazil, Paraguay |
| KiribatiKiribati | Phoenix Islands (Orona): Nigeria ; Line Islands: DR Congo , Central African Republic , Sudan |
| MalaysiaMalaysia | Ecuador , Peru , Brazil , Colombia |
| MaliMali | Fiji , Vanuatu , Solomon Islands |
| MauritaniaMauritania | France (New Caledonia), Vanuatu |
| MongoliaMongolia | Chile , Argentina |
| New ZealandNew Zealand | Mainland: Spain , Portugal , Morocco , UK ( Gibraltar ) Chatham Islands : France Kermadec Islands : Algeria Niue : Niger Tokelau : Nigeria Cook Islands : Chad , (Penrhyn) Central African Republic , (Mangaia) Libya , (Pukapuka) Cameroon , (Nassau) Nigeria |
| NigerNiger | Samoa , Tonga , United States (American Samoa), France (Wallis and Futuna), New Zealand (Niue) |
| NigeriaNigeria | New Zealand (Tokelau, Cook Ils), United States (American Samoa), Kiribati |
| NorwayNorway | (Svalbard) Antarctica , ( Peter I Island ) Russia |
| ParaguayParaguay | Taiwan , Japan , Philippines |
| PeruPeru | Vietnam , Cambodia , Laos , Thailand , Malaysia , Indonesia , China |
| PhilippinesPhilippines | Brazil , Bolivia , Paraguay |
| RussiaRussia | Antarctica , Chile , Argentina , United Kingdom ( Falklands etc.) |
| Saudi ArabiaSaudi Arabia | France (French Polynesia), UK (Pitcairn) |
| South KoreaSouth Korea | Uruguay, Brazil |
| SudanSudan | France (French Polynesia), Kiribati |
| TaiwanTaiwan | Paraguay , Argentina |
| TongaTonga | Algeria , Niger |
| TuvaluTuvalu | Ghana , (Nanumanga, Nanumea) Ivory Coast |
| United KingdomUnited Kingdom | ( Falklands ) China , Russia ; ( Gibraltar ) New Zealand ; ( South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands ) Russia ; ( Pitcairn ) Saudi Arabia , UAE ( Bermuda ) Australia |
| United StatesUnited States | Mainland: France ( Southern & Antarctic Lands ) Hawaii : Botswana , Namibia Alaska : Antarctica Palmyra Atoll & Kingman Reef : DR Congo American Samoa : Niger , Nigeria |
| UruguayUruguay | China , South Korea |
| VanuatuVanuatu | Mauritania , Senegal , (Mere Lava) Mali |
