Dig straight down through the centre of the Earth from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 🇪🇹, home to about 3.10 million people, and you would surface in the South Pacific Ocean 🌊, at 9.0353° S, 141.3019° W. Like most of the planet, that spot is open ocean; only 66 of the 391 cities listed here have an antipode on land.
| City | Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 🇪🇹 |
|---|---|
| City coordinates | 9.0353° N, 38.6981° E |
| Antipode coordinates | 9.0353° S, 141.3019° W |
| What is there | South Pacific Ocean 🌊 (open water) |
| Nearest land | French Polynesia 🇵🇫 — 117 km (73 miles) away |
| Nearest town or city | Papeete, French Polynesia — 1,300 km (808 miles) away |
| Distance straight through the Earth | 12,742 km (7,918 miles) |
Addis Ababa's antipode is in open water, in the South Pacific Ocean 🌊. The point lies roughly 117 km (73 miles) west of the nearest coast, which belongs to French Polynesia 🇵🇫.
The closest settlement of any size is Papeete, French Polynesia, about 1,300 km (808 miles) from the point.
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174 other cities on this list surface in the same place as Addis Ababa; the 10 largest are shown.
Worked out by flipping the latitude across the equator (9.0353° N becomes 9.0353° S) and shifting the longitude by 180° (38.6981° E becomes 141.3019° W). More on how antipodes work.
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