Dig straight down through the centre of the Earth from Birmingham, United Kingdom 🇬🇧, home to about 2.29 million people, and you would surface in the South Pacific Ocean 🌊, at 52.4769° S, 178.0781° 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 | Birmingham, United Kingdom 🇬🇧 |
|---|---|
| City coordinates | 52.4769° N, 1.9219° W |
| Antipode coordinates | 52.4769° S, 178.0781° E |
| What is there | South Pacific Ocean 🌊 (open water) |
| Nearest land | New Zealand 🇳🇿 — 598 km (372 miles) away |
| Nearest town or city | Dunedin, New Zealand — 916 km (569 miles) away |
| Distance straight through the Earth | 12,742 km (7,918 miles) |
Birmingham's antipode is in open water, in the South Pacific Ocean 🌊. The point lies roughly 598 km (372 miles) east of the nearest coast, which belongs to New Zealand 🇳🇿.
The closest settlement of any size is Dunedin, New Zealand, about 916 km (569 miles) from the point.
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174 other cities on this list surface in the same place as Birmingham; the 10 largest are shown.
Worked out by flipping the latitude across the equator (52.4769° N becomes 52.4769° S) and shifting the longitude by 180° (1.9219° W becomes 178.0781° E). More on how antipodes work.
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