South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands · Remote islands
Can you dig through the Earth to South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands?
Yes!
But only if you start in Russia. About 17% of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands’ exact opposite side is land; the rest is the Sea of Okhotsk.
- 12,727 kmtunnel from the middle of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
- 17%of the other side is land
- 83%of the other side is water
South Georgia and the South Sandwich IslandsStart 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 South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands.
If you dug straight down from South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, where would you come out?
Flip South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands to the exact opposite side of the planet and this is where it lands:
Digging from South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands’ biggest cities
- Grytvikencomes out in Sea of Okhotsk37 km from Sakhalin, Russia