This is what gave me an urge to visit Kerguelen Island ... it's the only land antipode to any part of Montana.


This is what gave me an urge to visit Kerguelen Island ... it's the only land antipode to any part of Montana.

Originally shared by Guy Kawasaki

Ever wonder where you'd be if you tunneled straight through the earth? Now you can find out:

www.freemaptools.com/tunnel-to-other-side-of-the-earth.htm

I'd be right off Madagascar. Where would you be?

Comments

  1. Dean CalahanAugust 8, 2011 at 2:17 PM

    I'd be SW of Australia.

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  2. Mark HufstetlerAugust 8, 2011 at 2:23 PM

    Apparently that tiny piece of northern Montana is the only part of the 48 contiguous US states that has a land-based antipode! Who would have guessed?

    ("Or cared," I hear some of you saying ... )

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  3. Tim LloydAugust 8, 2011 at 2:23 PM

    Pacific ocean south of New Zealand. Oddly enough almost exactly on the International date line. How could that be? Oh yes, Greenwich Meridian. I keep forgetting that most of the world used to be ours. I miss the "pink bits" on the maps of my youth...

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  4. Mark HufstetlerAugust 8, 2011 at 2:29 PM

    Tim Lloyd -- "Used to be" being the operative phrase there. :-p

    Off topic, but I read a book a few years ago called "The Last Pink Bits," about the remote little corners of the world that still remain British colonies. It was a fun read, and guaranteed to inspire wanderlust.

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  5. Tim LloydAugust 8, 2011 at 2:40 PM

    Mark Hufstetler We do have some odd outposts, that's for sure.

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  6. David AAugust 9, 2011 at 6:57 AM

    I'd be in Paraguay South America. LOL! Fun tool. Wonder if it's accurate.

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  7. Mark HufstetlerAugust 9, 2011 at 8:34 AM

    Yeah, from the looks of it I'd say it was accurate ... it matched what I'd read earlier about Montana's antipode, at least.

    And David, at least you hit a land mass! I went to Paraguay a few years ago, and it was actually kind of interesting ...

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  8. Theodore StaufferAugust 9, 2011 at 8:40 AM

    I don't know where I'd land up and I'm not interested either, but God, would I give a (virtual) arm and a leg to visit the Kerguellen islands.

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  9. Mark HufstetlerAugust 9, 2011 at 8:49 AM

    Yeah, I'm pretty sure it would be my kind of place!

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  10. Theodore StaufferAugust 9, 2011 at 8:57 AM

    Windy as all hell, apparently, but from the images I've seen, it looks very serene. Also, there's some French guys who run the place, so there'd be wine and decent food.

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  11. Theodore StaufferAugust 9, 2011 at 9:00 AM

    Edit: I just tried out the map thing. In Switzerland I would land up in the Pacific a few thousand km's off New Zealand and in South Africa I'd land up north of Hawai...

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  12. Mark HufstetlerAugust 9, 2011 at 9:07 AM

    It looks like it's possible to visit Kerguelen as a tourist on the supply vessel that travels to the place every couple of months.I bet it would be amazing!

    Now all I need is a trust fund ...

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  13. Theodore StaufferAugust 9, 2011 at 2:57 PM

    Well, I trust you, but my funds are limited.

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  14. David AAugust 10, 2011 at 5:04 AM

    Mark, you should have drilled through. You could have come to Taipei! :) LOL!

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