Dig straight down through the centre of the Earth from Abidjan, Ivory Coast 🇨🇮, home to about 3.80 million people, and you would surface in the South Pacific Ocean 🌊, at 5.3219° S, 175.9580° E. Like most of the planet, that spot is open ocean; only 66 of the 391 cities listed here have an antipode on land.
| City | Abidjan, Ivory Coast 🇨🇮 |
|---|---|
| City coordinates | 5.3219° N, 4.0420° W |
| Antipode coordinates | 5.3219° S, 175.9580° E |
| What is there | South Pacific Ocean 🌊 (open water) |
| Nearest land | Kiribati 🇰🇮 — 470 km (292 miles) away |
| Nearest town or city | Funafuti, Tuvalu — 506 km (314 miles) away |
| Distance straight through the Earth | 12,742 km (7,918 miles) |
Abidjan's antipode is in open water, in the South Pacific Ocean 🌊. The point lies roughly 470 km (292 miles) south of the nearest coast, which belongs to Kiribati 🇰🇮.
The closest settlement of any size is Funafuti, Tuvalu, about 506 km (314 miles) from the point.
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174 other cities on this list surface in the same place as Abidjan; the 10 largest are shown.
Worked out by flipping the latitude across the equator (5.3219° N becomes 5.3219° S) and shifting the longitude by 180° (4.0420° W becomes 175.9580° E). More on how antipodes work.
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