Australia · Oceania
Can you dig through the Earth to Australia?
Nope!
Not from dry land. Australia’s exact opposite side is entirely ocean (the North Atlantic Ocean), so you’d have to start digging from a boat.
- 12,749 kmtunnel from the middle of Australia
- 0%of the other side is land
- 100%of the other side is water
AustraliaStart digging in here to reach it
What about from where you are?
Tap ◎ or search to see where your own tunnel would come out, and how far you’d be from Australia.
If you dug straight down from Australia, where would you come out?
Flip Australia to the exact opposite side of the planet and this is where it lands:
Digging from Australia’s biggest cities
- Sydneycomes out in North Atlantic Ocean1,082 km from Madeira, Portugal
- Melbournecomes out in North Atlantic Ocean1,705 km from Madeira, Portugal
- Brisbanecomes out in North Atlantic Ocean891 km from Spain
- Perthcomes out in Sargasso Sea66 km from Bermuda
- Adelaidecomes out in North Atlantic Ocean1,631 km from Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada