United Kingdom · Europe
Can you dig through the Earth to the United Kingdom?
Nope!
Not from dry land. The United Kingdom’s exact opposite side is entirely ocean (the South Pacific Ocean), so you’d have to start digging from a boat.
- 12,728 kmtunnel from the middle of the United Kingdom
- 0%of the other side is land
- 100%of the other side is water
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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 the United Kingdom.
If you dug straight down from the United Kingdom, where would you come out?
Flip the United Kingdom to the exact opposite side of the planet and this is where it lands:
Digging from the United Kingdom’s biggest cities
- Londoncomes out in South Pacific Ocean864 km from Chatham Islands, New Zealand
- Birminghamcomes out in South Pacific Ocean894 km from Southland, New Zealand
- Manchestercomes out in South Pacific Ocean960 km from Southland, New Zealand
- Leedscomes out in South Pacific Ocean1,017 km from Southland, New Zealand
- Sheffieldcomes out in South Pacific Ocean984 km from Southland, New Zealand