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====Countries==== The following countries are opposite more than one other country. (Antarctica is considered separately from any territorial claims.) {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Country ! No. of antipodal countries ! class="unsortable" | Antipodal countries |- | [[New Zealand]] || align="center" | 12 || ''Mainland:'' [[Spain]], [[Portugal]], [[Morocco]], [[United Kingdom|UK]] ([[Gibraltar]])<br />''[[Chatham Islands]]:'' [[France]]<br />''[[Kermadec Islands]]:'' [[Algeria]]<br />''[[Niue]]:'' [[Niger]]<br />''[[Tokelau]]:'' [[Nigeria]]<br />''[[Cook Islands]]:'' [[Chad]], (Penrhyn) [[Central African Republic]], (Mangaia) [[Libya]], (Pukapuka) [[Cameroon]], (Nassau) [[Nigeria]] |- | [[France]] || align="center" | 12 || ''Mainland:'' [[New Zealand]] ([[Chatham Islands]])<br />''[[French Southern and Antarctic Lands|Southern & Antarctic Lands]]:'' [[Canada]], [[United States]]<br />''[[French Guiana]]:'' [[Indonesia]]<br />''[[New Caledonia]]:'' [[Mauritania]], ''[[Western Sahara]]''<br />''[[Wallis and Futuna]]:'' [[Niger]]<br />''[[French Polynesia]]:'' [[Sudan]], [[Egypt]], [[Saudi Arabia]], [[Eritrea]], [[Ethiopia]] |- | [[Brazil]] || align="center" | 9 || [[China]], [[Japan]], [[South Korea]], [[Philippines]], [[Malaysia]], [[Indonesia]], [[Brunei]], [[Palau]], [[Federated States of Micronesia]] |- | [[Indonesia]] || align="center" | 8 || [[Ecuador]], [[Peru]], [[Colombia]], [[Venezuela]], [[Brazil]], [[Suriname]], [[Guyana]], [[France]] (''[[French Guiana]]'') |- | [[Peru]] || align="center" | 7 || [[Vietnam]], [[Cambodia]], [[Laos]], [[Thailand]], [[Malaysia]], [[Indonesia]], [[China]] |- | [[United States]] || align="center" | 7 || ''Mainland:'' [[France]] ([[French Southern and Antarctic Lands|Southern & Antarctic Lands]])<br />''[[Hawaii]]:'' [[Botswana]], [[Namibia]]<br />''[[Alaska]]:'' ''[[Antarctica]]''<br />''[[Palmyra Atoll]] & [[Kingman Reef]]:'' [[Democratic Republic of the Congo|DR Congo]]<br />''[[American Samoa]]:'' [[Niger]], [[Nigeria]] |- | [[United Kingdom]] || align="center" | 7 || ''[[Falkland Islands|Falklands]]:'' [[China]], [[Russia]]<br />''[[Gibraltar]]:'' [[New Zealand]]<br />''[[South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands]]:'' [[Russia]]<br />''[[Pitcairn Islands|Pitcairn]]:'' [[Saudi Arabia]], [[UAE]]<br />''[[Bermuda]]:'' [[Australia]] |- | [[China]] || align="center" | 6 || [[Argentina]], [[Chile]], [[Uruguay]], [[Brazil]], [[Bolivia]], [[United Kingdom|UK]] ([[Falkland Islands]]) |- | [[Niger]] || align="center" | 5 || [[Samoa]], [[Tonga]], United States (American Samoa), France (Wallis and Futuna), New Zealand (Niue) |- | ''[[Antarctica]]'' || align="center" | 5 || [[Greenland]], [[Canada]], [[United States]], [[Russia]], [[Norway]] |- | [[Argentina]] || align="center" | 4 || [[China]], [[Taiwan]], [[Mongolia]], [[Russia]] |- | [[Malaysia]] || align="center" | 4 || [[Ecuador]], [[Peru]], [[Brazil]], [[Colombia]] |- | [[Chile]] || align="center" | 4 || [[China]], [[Mongolia]], [[Russia]]; ''[[Easter Island]]:'' [[India]] |- | [[Kiribati]] || align="center" | 4 || Phoenix Islands (Orona): [[Nigeria]]; Line Islands: [[DR Congo]], [[Central African Republic]], [[Sudan]] |- | [[Russia]] || align="center" | 4 || ''[[Antarctica]]'', [[Chile]], [[Argentina]], [[United Kingdom]] ([[Falklands]] and [[British Antarctic Territory]]) |- | [[Australia]] || align="center" | 3 || ''Mainland:'' [[Bermuda]] (UK), Portugal ([[Azores]])<br />''[[Heard Island and McDonald Islands]]:'' Canada<br />''[[Christmas Island]]:'' [[Colombia]] |- | [[Ecuador]] || align="center" | 3 || [[Malaysia]], [[Singapore]], [[Indonesia]] |- | [[Philippines]] || align="center" | 3 || [[Brazil]], [[Bolivia]], [[Paraguay]] |- | [[Vanuatu]] || align="center" | 3 || [[Mauritania]], [[Senegal]], (Mere Lava) [[Mali]] |- | [[Paraguay]] || align="center" | 3 || [[Taiwan]], [[Japan]], [[Philippines]] |- | [[Mali]] || align="center" | 3 || [[Fiji]], [[Vanuatu]], [[Solomon Islands]] |- | [[Colombia]] || align="center" | 3 || [[Indonesia]], [[Malaysia]], [[Australia]] (Christmas Island) |- | [[Nigeria]] || align="center" | 3 || New Zealand (Tokelau, Cook Ils), United States (American Samoa), Kiribati |- | [[Canada]] || align="center" | 3 || ''[[Antarctica]]'', France ([[Kerguelen Islands|Kerguelen]]), Australia ([[Heard Island and McDonald Islands]]) |- | [[Taiwan]] || align="center" | 2 || [[Paraguay]], [[Argentina]] |- | [[Tonga]] || align="center" | 2 || [[Algeria]], [[Niger]] |- | [[Mongolia]] || align="center" | 2 || [[Chile]], [[Argentina]] |- | [[Tuvalu]] || align="center" | 2 || [[Ghana]], (Nanumanga, Nanumea) [[Ivory Coast]] |- | [[Fiji]] || align="center" | 2 || [[Mali]]; (Rotuma) [[Burkina Faso]] |- | [[Solomon Islands]] (Temotu) || align="center" | 2 || [[Guinea]], (Tikopia) [[Mali]] |- | [[Uruguay]] || align="center" | 2 || [[China]], [[South Korea]] |- | [[Bolivia]] || align="center" | 2 || [[China]], [[Philippines]] |- | [[Sudan]] || align="center" | 2 || France (French Polynesia), Kiribati |- | [[Mauritania]] || align="center" | 2 || France (New Caledonia), Vanuatu |- | [[Algeria]] || align="center" | 2 || [[Tonga]], New Zealand (Kermadec) |- | [[Central African Republic]] || align="center" | 2 || Kiribati, New Zealand (Cook Ils) |- | [[Saudi Arabia]] || align="center" | 2 || France (French Polynesia), UK (Pitcairn) |- | [[DR Congo]] || align="center" | 2 || Kiribati, United States (Palmyra, Kingman Reef) |- |[[Japan]] || align="center" | 2 || (Ryukyu) Brazil, Paraguay |- | [[South Korea]] || align="center" | 2 || Uruguay, Brazil |- | [[Norway]] || align="center" | 2 || (Svalbard) [[Antarctica]], ([[Peter I Island]]) [[Russia]] |- | [[Portugal]] || align="center" | 2 || ''Mainland:'' [[New Zealand]]<br />''Azores:'' [[Australia]] ([[Melbourne]]) |} Countries matching up with just one other country are Morocco, Spain, Chad, Libya, Cameroon (with the Cook Islands of New Zealand); Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia (with French Polynesia); Senegal (Vanuatu); the UAE (Pitcairn); Ghana, Ivory Coast (Tuvalu); Burkina Faso (Rotuma in Fiji); Guinea (Solomon Islands); India (Easter Island); Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, and Thailand (all with Peru); Singapore (Ecuador); Brunei, Palau, Micronesia (all with Brazil); Venezuela and Suriname (Indonesia). Of these, the larger countries which are entirely antipodal to land are the [[Philippines]], [[Malaysia]], [[Taiwan]], [[Fiji]], [[Vanuatu]], [[Brunei]], and [[Samoa]]. [[Chile]] was as well prior to its expansion into the Atacama with the [[War of the Pacific]]. '''Antipodal Map of the United States''' [[File:Us antipodal map.jpg|thumb|500px|alt=Map of US States/Territory antipodes, highlighting those that overlap another land mass.|Map of U.S. States and Territory antipodes, highlighting those that overlap with land in other countries (''see https://antipode-finder.com/antipode-of-usa'').|none]]
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