Dig straight down through the centre of the Earth from Bridgetown, Barbados 🇧🇧, home to about 191,000 people, and you would surface in the Indian Ocean 🌊, at 13.1020° S, 120.3835° 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 | Bridgetown, Barbados 🇧🇧 |
|---|---|
| City coordinates | 13.1020° N, 59.6165° W |
| Antipode coordinates | 13.1020° S, 120.3835° E |
| What is there | Indian Ocean 🌊 (open water) |
| Nearest land | Indonesia 🇮🇩 — 312 km (194 miles) away |
| Nearest town or city | Kupang, Indonesia — 476 km (296 miles) away |
| Distance straight through the Earth | 12,742 km (7,918 miles) |
Bridgetown's antipode is in open water, in the Indian Ocean 🌊. The point lies roughly 312 km (194 miles) south of the nearest coast, which belongs to Indonesia 🇮🇩.
The closest settlement of any size is Kupang, Indonesia, about 476 km (296 miles) from the point.
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63 other cities on this list surface in the same place as Bridgetown; the 10 largest are shown.
Worked out by flipping the latitude across the equator (13.1020° N becomes 13.1020° S) and shifting the longitude by 180° (59.6165° W becomes 120.3835° E). More on how antipodes work.
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