Dig straight down through the centre of the Earth from Auckland, New Zealand 🇳🇿, home to about 1.38 million people, and you would surface in Spain 🇪🇸, at 36.8481° N, 5.2370° W. That puts Auckland among the 66 cities on this list — out of 391 — whose antipode is dry land rather than water.
| City | Auckland, New Zealand 🇳🇿 |
|---|---|
| City coordinates | 36.8481° S, 174.7630° E |
| Antipode coordinates | 36.8481° N, 5.2370° W |
| What is there | Spain 🇪🇸 |
| Nearest town or city | Gibraltar, Gibraltar — 81 km (50 miles) away |
| Distance straight through the Earth | 12,742 km (7,918 miles) |
Auckland's antipode falls on dry land, inside Spain 🇪🇸. The closest town or city to that point is Gibraltar, Gibraltar, about 81 km (50 miles) away.
One other city on this list surfaces in the same place as Auckland.
Worked out by flipping the latitude across the equator (36.8481° S becomes 36.8481° N) and shifting the longitude by 180° (174.7630° E becomes 5.2370° W). More on how antipodes work.
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