Dig straight down through the centre of the Earth from Belmopan, Belize 🇧🇿, home to about 15,000 people, and you would surface in Indian Ocean 🌊, at 17.2520° S, 91.2329° 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 | Belmopan, Belize 🇧🇿 |
|---|---|
| City coordinates | 17.2520° N, 88.7671° W |
| Antipode coordinates | 17.2520° S, 91.2329° E |
| What is there | Indian Ocean 🌊 (open water) |
| Nearest land | Indian Ocean Territories 🇦🇺 — 825 km (513 miles) away |
| Nearest town or city | Bandar Lampung, Indonesia — 2,015 km (1,252 miles) away |
| Distance straight through the Earth | 12,742 km (7,918 miles) |
Belmopan's antipode is in open water, in Indian Ocean 🌊. The point lies roughly 825 km (513 miles) south-west of the nearest coast, which belongs to Indian Ocean Territories 🇦🇺.
The closest settlement of any size is Bandar Lampung, Indonesia, about 2,015 km (1,252 miles) from the point.
63 other cities on this list surface in the same place as Belmopan; the 10 largest are shown.
Worked out by flipping the latitude across the equator (17.2520° N becomes 17.2520° S) and shifting the longitude by 180° (88.7671° W becomes 91.2329° E). More on how antipodes work.
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