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Where\’s Your Antipode?

  • December 5, 2012
  • By KIDS DISCOVER

Antipodes are two points on a planet that are directly opposite, like the North and South Poles. Segovia, Spain, is the antipode of Masterton, New Zealand — but most of Earth’s surface is covered with water, so the antipodes of most land areas are in oceans.

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