Geography Bee Question

Gravity trains have been theoretically proposed to travel between these types of points by passing through a straight tunnel bored through Earth's interior. The paired cities of Madrid and Wellington, New Zealand are commonly cited as approximate examples of these points. Buenos Aires and Shanghai also serve as near-approximations of such pairings. Viral internet challenges have had participants place slices of bread on the ground at two such locations to create what food lovers called an 'earth sandwich.' For ten points, name these geographic points that are located diametrically opposite each other on the surface of the globe.

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Anti- means 'opposite' and -podes means 'feet' in Greek, so antipodes are literally the points with their feet pointing toward each other through Earth.