Dig straight down through the centre of the Earth from Belo Horizonte, Brazil 🇧🇷, home to about 5.58 million people, and you would surface in Philippine Sea 🌊, at 19.9131° N, 136.0831° 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 | Belo Horizonte, Brazil 🇧🇷 |
|---|---|
| City coordinates | 19.9131° S, 43.9169° W |
| Antipode coordinates | 19.9131° N, 136.0831° E |
| What is there | Philippine Sea 🌊 (open water) |
| Nearest land | Japan 🇯🇵 — 970 km (603 miles) away |
| Nearest town or city | Naha, Japan — 1,109 km (689 miles) away |
| Distance straight through the Earth | 12,742 km (7,918 miles) |
Belo Horizonte's antipode is in open water, in Philippine Sea 🌊. The point lies roughly 970 km (603 miles) south-west of the nearest coast, which belongs to Japan 🇯🇵.
The closest settlement of any size is Naha, Japan, about 1,109 km (689 miles) from the point.
7 other cities on this list surface in the same place as Belo Horizonte.
Worked out by flipping the latitude across the equator (19.9131° S becomes 19.9131° N) and shifting the longitude by 180° (43.9169° W becomes 136.0831° E). More on how antipodes work.
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