Dig straight down through the centre of the Earth from Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan 🇰🇿, home to about 346,000 people, and you would surface in South Pacific Ocean 🌊, at 51.1811° S, 108.5722° 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 | Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan 🇰🇿 |
|---|---|
| City coordinates | 51.1811° N, 71.4278° E |
| Antipode coordinates | 51.1811° S, 108.5722° W |
| What is there | South Pacific Ocean 🌊 (open water) |
| Nearest land | Antarctica 🇦🇶 — 2,337 km (1,452 miles) away |
| Nearest town or city | Peter I Island, Antarctica — 2,180 km (1,355 miles) away |
| Distance straight through the Earth | 12,742 km (7,918 miles) |
Nur-Sultan's antipode is in open water, in South Pacific Ocean 🌊. The point lies roughly 2,337 km (1,452 miles) north of the nearest coast, which belongs to Antarctica 🇦🇶 — far enough out that no shore would be visible from it.
The closest settlement of any size is Peter I Island, Antarctica, about 2,180 km (1,355 miles) from the point.
174 other cities on this list surface in the same place as Nur-Sultan; the 10 largest are shown.
Worked out by flipping the latitude across the equator (51.1811° N becomes 51.1811° S) and shifting the longitude by 180° (71.4278° E becomes 108.5722° W). More on how antipodes work.
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