Dig straight down through the centre of the Earth from Belmopan, Belize 🇧🇿, home to about 15,000 people, and you would surface in the 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 the 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.
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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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