Dig straight down through the centre of the Earth from Bissau, Guinea Bissau 🇬🇼, home to about 403,000 people, and you would surface in Coral Sea 🌊, at 11.8650° S, 164.4016° 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 | Bissau, Guinea Bissau 🇬🇼 |
|---|---|
| City coordinates | 11.8650° N, 15.5984° W |
| Antipode coordinates | 11.8650° S, 164.4016° E |
| What is there | Coral Sea 🌊 (open water) |
| Nearest land | Solomon Islands 🇸🇧 — 192 km (119 miles) away |
| Nearest town or city | Honiara, Solomon Islands — 556 km (345 miles) away |
| Distance straight through the Earth | 12,742 km (7,918 miles) |
Bissau's antipode is in open water, in Coral Sea 🌊. The point lies roughly 192 km (119 miles) south-west of the nearest coast, which belongs to Solomon Islands 🇸🇧.
The closest settlement of any size is Honiara, Solomon Islands, about 556 km (345 miles) from the point.
4 other cities on this list surface in the same place as Bissau.
Worked out by flipping the latitude across the equator (11.8650° N becomes 11.8650° S) and shifting the longitude by 180° (15.5984° W becomes 164.4016° E). More on how antipodes work.
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