The antipode of Massachusetts is the point on Earth diametrically opposite its centroid. The state's centroid is at -42.1637°, 108.4928°, and its antipodal point is at coordinates 42.1637°, -71.5072°.
An antipode is the point on Earth's surface that is diametrically opposite to a given location. For Massachusetts, with a centroid at coordinates -42.1637°, 108.4928°, the antipodal point is at 42.1637°, -71.5072°.
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Over 70% of the Earth's surface is water, and the contiguous United States lies entirely in the Northern Hemisphere. The antipodal points for most U.S. states fall in the Southern Hemisphere's vast Indian Ocean. Only Alaska and Hawaii have small land overlaps with Antarctica, Africa, and French Southern territories.
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