Remember that favorite childhood question: if you could dig a hole so deep in your backyard that you would end up on the other side of the world, where would you be? Australia? China?
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One Google Maps-based website has taken the time to figure out where you would end up, if such a thing were possible.
It turns out that if you're digging from most of the continental U.S., you'd end up swimming somewhere in the Indian Ocean.
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AntipodeMap.com allows you can see which location is exactly halfway around the world from where you are. Double click or move the top map to your region to see which area is diametrically opposite to your current location.
The site defines two antipodal points as being connected by a straight line through the dead center of the Earth. For example, New York City's antipodal point is in the Indian Ocean, just southwest of Perth, Australia. San Francisco's antipodal point is southeast of Madagascar, off the African coast.
Which location is halfway around the world from where you are right now? Let us know in the comments.
BONUS: 12 Mysterious Google Maps Sightings
1. The Badlands Guardian
This natural formation in Alberta, Canada is known as the Badlands Guardian and looks strikingly similar to a native American wearing a headdress. If you look close enough, it looks like he's wearing a pair of earphones, but that section is actually a man-made road and oil well.
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This story originally published on Mashable here.
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