Dig straight down through the centre of the Earth from Basseterre, Saint Kitts and Nevis 🇰🇳, home to about 22,000 people, and you would surface in the Indian Ocean 🌊, at 17.3020° S, 117.2830° 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 | Basseterre, Saint Kitts and Nevis 🇰🇳 |
|---|---|
| City coordinates | 17.3020° N, 62.7170° W |
| Antipode coordinates | 17.3020° S, 117.2830° E |
| What is there | Indian Ocean 🌊 (open water) |
| Nearest land | Australia 🇦🇺 — 355 km (221 miles) away |
| Nearest town or city | Port Hedland, Australia — 362 km (225 miles) away |
| Distance straight through the Earth | 12,742 km (7,918 miles) |
Basseterre's antipode is in open water, in the Indian Ocean 🌊. The point lies roughly 355 km (221 miles) north of the nearest coast, which belongs to Australia 🇦🇺.
The closest settlement of any size is Port Hedland, Australia, about 362 km (225 miles) from the point.
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63 other cities on this list surface in the same place as Basseterre; the 10 largest are shown.
Worked out by flipping the latitude across the equator (17.3020° N becomes 17.3020° S) and shifting the longitude by 180° (62.7170° W becomes 117.2830° E). More on how antipodes work.
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