Dig straight down through the centre of the Earth from Accra, Ghana 🇬🇭, home to about 2.12 million people, and you would surface in the South Pacific Ocean 🌊, at 5.5520° S, 179.7813° 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 | Accra, Ghana 🇬🇭 |
|---|---|
| City coordinates | 5.5520° N, 0.2187° W |
| Antipode coordinates | 5.5520° S, 179.7813° E |
| What is there | South Pacific Ocean 🌊 (open water) |
| Nearest land | Tuvalu 🇹🇻 — 330 km (205 miles) away |
| Nearest town or city | Funafuti, Tuvalu — 335 km (208 miles) away |
| Distance straight through the Earth | 12,742 km (7,918 miles) |
Accra's antipode is in open water, in the South Pacific Ocean 🌊. The point lies roughly 330 km (205 miles) north of the nearest coast, which belongs to Tuvalu 🇹🇻.
The closest settlement of any size is Funafuti, Tuvalu, about 335 km (208 miles) from the point.
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174 other cities on this list surface in the same place as Accra; the 10 largest are shown.
Worked out by flipping the latitude across the equator (5.5520° N becomes 5.5520° S) and shifting the longitude by 180° (0.2187° W becomes 179.7813° E). More on how antipodes work.
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