Dig straight down through the centre of the Earth from Banjul, The Gambia 🇬🇲, home to about 43,000 people, and you would surface in Coral Sea 🌊, at 13.4539° S, 163.4083° 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 | Banjul, The Gambia 🇬🇲 |
|---|---|
| City coordinates | 13.4539° N, 16.5917° W |
| Antipode coordinates | 13.4539° S, 163.4083° E |
| What is there | Coral Sea 🌊 (open water) |
| Nearest land | Solomon Islands 🇸🇧 — 313 km (194 miles) away |
| Nearest town or city | Honiara, Solomon Islands — 584 km (363 miles) away |
| Distance straight through the Earth | 12,742 km (7,918 miles) |
Banjul's antipode is in open water, in Coral Sea 🌊. The point lies roughly 313 km (194 miles) south of the nearest coast, which belongs to Solomon Islands 🇸🇧.
The closest settlement of any size is Honiara, Solomon Islands, about 584 km (363 miles) from the point.
4 other cities on this list surface in the same place as Banjul.
Worked out by flipping the latitude across the equator (13.4539° N becomes 13.4539° S) and shifting the longitude by 180° (16.5917° W becomes 163.4083° E). More on how antipodes work.
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