Dig straight down through the centre of the Earth from Apia, Samoa 🇼🇸, home to about 62,000 people, and you would surface in Niger 🇳🇪, at 13.8415° N, 8.2614° E. That puts Apia among the 66 cities on this list — out of 391 — whose antipode is dry land rather than water.
| City | Apia, Samoa 🇼🇸 |
|---|---|
| City coordinates | 13.8415° S, 171.7386° W |
| Antipode coordinates | 13.8415° N, 8.2614° E |
| What is there | Niger 🇳🇪 |
| Nearest town or city | Zinder, Niger — 78 km (48 miles) away |
| Distance straight through the Earth | 12,742 km (7,918 miles) |
Apia's antipode falls on dry land, inside Niger 🇳🇪. The closest town or city to that point is Zinder, Niger, about 78 km (48 miles) away.
No other city on this list surfaces in Niger — Apia has it to itself.
Worked out by flipping the latitude across the equator (13.8415° S becomes 13.8415° N) and shifting the longitude by 180° (171.7386° W becomes 8.2614° E). More on how antipodes work.
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