Dig straight down through the centre of the Earth from Bangkok, Thailand 🇹🇭, home to about 6.70 million people, and you would surface in the South Pacific Ocean 🌊, at 13.7519° S, 79.4853° 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 | Bangkok, Thailand 🇹🇭 |
|---|---|
| City coordinates | 13.7519° N, 100.5147° E |
| Antipode coordinates | 13.7519° S, 79.4853° W |
| What is there | South Pacific Ocean 🌊 (open water) |
| Nearest land | Peru 🇵🇪 — 315 km (196 miles) away |
| Nearest town or city | Lima, Peru — 325 km (202 miles) away |
| Distance straight through the Earth | 12,742 km (7,918 miles) |
Bangkok's antipode is in open water, in the South Pacific Ocean 🌊. The point lies roughly 315 km (196 miles) south-west of the nearest coast, which belongs to Peru 🇵🇪.
The closest settlement of any size is Lima, Peru, about 325 km (202 miles) from the point.
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174 other cities on this list surface in the same place as Bangkok; the 10 largest are shown.
Worked out by flipping the latitude across the equator (13.7519° N becomes 13.7519° S) and shifting the longitude by 180° (100.5147° E becomes 79.4853° W). More on how antipodes work.
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