United States · North America
Can you dig through the Earth to the United States?
Only 0.3% of the United States’ exact opposite side is land (Antarctica or Botswana). The rest is open water, mostly the Indian Ocean.
- 12,739 kmtunnel from the middle of the United States
- 0.3%of the other side is land
- 99.7%of the other side is water
United StatesStart 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 the United States.
If you dug straight down from the United States, where would you come out?
Flip the United States to the exact opposite side of the planet and this is where it lands:
Digging from the United States’ biggest cities
- New Yorkcomes out in Indian Ocean1,070 km from Western Australia, Australia
- Los Angelescomes out in Indian Ocean1,530 km from La Réunion, France
- Chicagocomes out in Indian Ocean1,871 km from Heard Island and McDonald Islands
- Miamicomes out in Indian Ocean1,345 km from Western Australia, Australia
- Philadelphiacomes out in Indian Ocean1,102 km from Western Australia, Australia