Dig straight down through the centre of the Earth from Ahmedabad, India 🇮🇳, home to about 5.38 million people, and you would surface in South Pacific Ocean 🌊, at 23.0320° S, 107.4219° 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 | Ahmedabad, India 🇮🇳 |
|---|---|
| City coordinates | 23.0320° N, 72.5781° E |
| Antipode coordinates | 23.0320° S, 107.4219° W |
| What is there | South Pacific Ocean 🌊 (open water) |
| Nearest land | Chile 🇨🇱 — 487 km (303 miles) away |
| Nearest town or city | Santa Cruz, Ecuador — 3,108 km (1,931 miles) away |
| Distance straight through the Earth | 12,742 km (7,918 miles) |
Ahmedabad's antipode is in open water, in South Pacific Ocean 🌊. The point lies roughly 487 km (303 miles) north of the nearest coast, which belongs to Chile 🇨🇱.
The closest settlement of any size is Santa Cruz, Ecuador, about 3,108 km (1,931 miles) from the point.
174 other cities on this list surface in the same place as Ahmedabad; the 10 largest are shown.
Worked out by flipping the latitude across the equator (23.0320° N becomes 23.0320° S) and shifting the longitude by 180° (72.5781° E becomes 107.4219° W). More on how antipodes work.
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