Dig straight down through the centre of the Earth from Bamako, Mali 🇲🇱, home to about 1.49 million people, and you would surface in the South Pacific Ocean 🌊, at 12.6520° S, 171.9980° E. Like most of the planet, that spot is open ocean; only 66 of the 391 cities listed here have an antipode on land.
| City | Bamako, Mali 🇲🇱 |
|---|---|
| City coordinates | 12.6520° N, 8.0020° W |
| Antipode coordinates | 12.6520° S, 171.9980° E |
| What is there | South Pacific Ocean 🌊 (open water) |
| Nearest land | Vanuatu 🇻🇺 — 491 km (305 miles) away |
| Nearest town or city | Port Vila, Vanuatu — 689 km (428 miles) away |
| Distance straight through the Earth | 12,742 km (7,918 miles) |
Bamako's antipode is in open water, in the South Pacific Ocean 🌊. The point lies roughly 491 km (305 miles) north-east of the nearest coast, which belongs to Vanuatu 🇻🇺.
The closest settlement of any size is Port Vila, Vanuatu, about 689 km (428 miles) from the point.
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174 other cities on this list surface in the same place as Bamako; the 10 largest are shown.
Worked out by flipping the latitude across the equator (12.6520° N becomes 12.6520° S) and shifting the longitude by 180° (8.0020° W becomes 171.9980° E). More on how antipodes work.
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