The Other End of the Earth (opens in new tab)

White areas show points of earth on land whose antipode is also on land. This is only about 8.6% of all of earth’s surface. If you want to fly across the Pacific Ocean, you’ll have to board an airplane and fly around 12 hours. It’s pretty slow. A much faster route would be to go directly through the center of the earth. “Digging to China” was a common expression I heard growing up, with the implication that the opposite side of the globe is somewhere in Asia.