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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 |
|---|---|
| Algeria | Tonga , New Zealand (Kermadec) |
| Antarctica | Greenland , Canada , United States , Russia , Norway |
| Argentina | China , Taiwan , Mongolia , Russia |
| Australia | ( Heard Island and McDonald Islands ) Canada, ( Christmas Island ) Colombia, ( Perth ) Bermuda (UK) |
| Bolivia | China , Philippines |
| Brazil | China , Japan , South Korea , Philippines , Malaysia , Indonesia , Brunei , Palau , Federated States of Micronesia |
| Canada | Antarctica , France ( Kerguelen ), Australia ( Heard Island and McDonald Islands ) |
| Central African Republic | Kiribati, New Zealand (Cook Ils) |
| Chile | China , Mongolia , Russia ; Easter Island : India |
| China | Mainland: Argentina , Chile , Uruguay , Brazil , Bolivia , UK ( Falkland Islands ) |
| Colombia | Indonesia , Malaysia , Australia (Christmas Island) |
| Democratic Republic of the Congo | Kiribati, United States (Palmyra, Kingman Reef) |
| Ecuador | Malaysia , Singapore , Indonesia |
| Fiji | Mali ; (Rutuma) Burkina |
| France | 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 |
| Indonesia | Ecuador , Peru , Colombia , Venezuela , Brazil , Suriname , Guyana , France ( French Guiana ) |
| Japan | (Ryukyu) Brazil, Paraguay |
| Kiribati | Phoenix Islands (Orona): Nigeria ; Line Islands: DR Congo , Central African Republic , Sudan |
| Malaysia | Ecuador , Peru , Brazil , Colombia |
| Mali | Fiji , Vanuatu , Solomon Islands |
| Mauritania | France (New Caledonia), Vanuatu |
| Mongolia | Chile , Argentina |
| New 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 |
| Niger | Samoa , Tonga , United States (American Samoa), France (Wallis and Futuna), New Zealand (Niue) |
| Nigeria | New Zealand (Tokelau, Cook Ils), United States (American Samoa), Kiribati |
| Norway | (Svalbard) Antarctica , ( Peter I Island ) Russia |
| Paraguay | Taiwan , Japan , Philippines |
| Peru | Vietnam , Cambodia , Laos , Thailand , Malaysia , Indonesia , China |
| Philippines | Brazil , Bolivia , Paraguay |
| Russia | Antarctica , Chile , Argentina , United Kingdom ( Falklands etc.) |
| Saudi Arabia | France (French Polynesia), UK (Pitcairn) |
| South Korea | Uruguay, Brazil |
| Sudan | France (French Polynesia), Kiribati |
| Taiwan | Paraguay , Argentina |
| Tonga | Algeria , Niger |
| Tuvalu | Ghana , (Nanumanga, Nanumea) Ivory Coast |
| United Kingdom | ( Falklands ) China , Russia ; ( Gibraltar ) New Zealand ; ( South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands ) Russia ; ( Pitcairn ) Saudi Arabia , UAE ( Bermuda ) Australia |
| United States | Mainland: France ( Southern & Antarctic Lands ) Hawaii : Botswana , Namibia Alaska : Antarctica Palmyra Atoll & Kingman Reef : DR Congo American Samoa : Niger , Nigeria |
| Uruguay | China , South Korea |
| Vanuatu | Mauritania , Senegal , (Mere Lava) Mali |
