Dig straight down through the centre of the Earth from Bern, Switzerland 🇨🇭, home to about 275,000 people, and you would surface in the South Pacific Ocean 🌊, at 46.9167° S, 172.5330° W. Like most of the planet, that spot is open ocean; only 66 of the 391 cities listed here have an antipode on land.
| City | Bern, Switzerland 🇨🇭 |
|---|---|
| City coordinates | 46.9167° N, 7.4670° E |
| Antipode coordinates | 46.9167° S, 172.5330° W |
| What is there | South Pacific Ocean 🌊 (open water) |
| Nearest land | New Zealand 🇳🇿 — 406 km (252 miles) away |
| Nearest town or city | Napier, New Zealand — 1,186 km (737 miles) away |
| Distance straight through the Earth | 12,742 km (7,918 miles) |
Bern's antipode is in open water, in the South Pacific Ocean 🌊. The point lies roughly 406 km (252 miles) south-east of the nearest coast, which belongs to New Zealand 🇳🇿.
The closest settlement of any size is Napier, New Zealand, about 1,186 km (737 miles) from the point.
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174 other cities on this list surface in the same place as Bern; the 10 largest are shown.
Worked out by flipping the latitude across the equator (46.9167° N becomes 46.9167° S) and shifting the longitude by 180° (7.4670° E becomes 172.5330° W). More on how antipodes work.
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