Dig straight down through the centre of the Earth from Amsterdam, Netherlands 🇳🇱, home to about 1.03 million people, and you would surface in the South Pacific Ocean 🌊, at 52.3519° S, 175.0853° 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 | Amsterdam, Netherlands 🇳🇱 |
|---|---|
| City coordinates | 52.3519° N, 4.9147° E |
| Antipode coordinates | 52.3519° S, 175.0853° W |
| What is there | South Pacific Ocean 🌊 (open water) |
| Nearest land | New Zealand 🇳🇿 — 896 km (557 miles) away |
| Nearest town or city | Dunedin, New Zealand — 1,269 km (789 miles) away |
| Distance straight through the Earth | 12,742 km (7,918 miles) |
Amsterdam's antipode is in open water, in the South Pacific Ocean 🌊. The point lies roughly 896 km (557 miles) south of the nearest coast, which belongs to New Zealand 🇳🇿.
The closest settlement of any size is Dunedin, New Zealand, about 1,269 km (789 miles) from the point.
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174 other cities on this list surface in the same place as Amsterdam; the 10 largest are shown.
Worked out by flipping the latitude across the equator (52.3519° N becomes 52.3519° S) and shifting the longitude by 180° (4.9147° E becomes 175.0853° W). More on how antipodes work.
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