Dig straight down through the centre of the Earth from Bandung, Indonesia 🇮🇩, home to about 2.39 million people, and you would surface in Colombia 🇨🇴, at 6.9481° N, 72.4319° W. That puts Bandung among the 66 cities on this list — out of 391 — whose antipode is dry land rather than water.
| City | Bandung, Indonesia 🇮🇩 |
|---|---|
| City coordinates | 6.9481° S, 107.5681° E |
| Antipode coordinates | 6.9481° N, 72.4319° W |
| What is there | Colombia 🇨🇴 |
| Nearest town or city | San Cristóbal, Venezuela — 94 km (58 miles) away |
| Distance straight through the Earth | 12,742 km (7,918 miles) |
Bandung's antipode falls on dry land, inside Colombia 🇨🇴. The closest town or city to that point is San Cristóbal, Venezuela, about 94 km (58 miles) away.
2 other cities on this list surface in the same place as Bandung.
Worked out by flipping the latitude across the equator (6.9481° S becomes 6.9481° N) and shifting the longitude by 180° (107.5681° E becomes 72.4319° W). More on how antipodes work.
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