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 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 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.
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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