Dig straight down through the centre of the Earth from Barranquilla, Colombia 🇨🇴, home to about 1.80 million people, and you would surface in the Indian Ocean 🌊, at 10.9619° S, 105.1981° 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 | Barranquilla, Colombia 🇨🇴 |
|---|---|
| City coordinates | 10.9619° N, 74.8019° W |
| Antipode coordinates | 10.9619° S, 105.1981° E |
| What is there | Indian Ocean 🌊 (open water) |
| Nearest land | Indian Ocean Territories 🇦🇺 — 65 km (40 miles) away |
| Nearest town or city | Bandung, Indonesia — 517 km (321 miles) away |
| Distance straight through the Earth | 12,742 km (7,918 miles) |
Barranquilla's antipode is in open water, in the Indian Ocean 🌊. The point lies roughly 65 km (40 miles) south-west of the nearest coast, which belongs to Indian Ocean Territories 🇦🇺.
The closest settlement of any size is Bandung, Indonesia, about 517 km (321 miles) from the point.
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63 other cities on this list surface in the same place as Barranquilla; the 10 largest are shown.
Worked out by flipping the latitude across the equator (10.9619° N becomes 10.9619° S) and shifting the longitude by 180° (74.8019° W becomes 105.1981° E). More on how antipodes work.
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