Dig straight down through the centre of the Earth from Brisbane, Australia 🇦🇺, home to about 1.86 million people, and you would surface in North Atlantic Ocean 🌊, at 27.4531° N, 26.9669° 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 | Brisbane, Australia 🇦🇺 |
|---|---|
| City coordinates | 27.4531° S, 153.0331° E |
| Antipode coordinates | 27.4531° N, 26.9669° W |
| What is there | North Atlantic Ocean 🌊 (open water) |
| Nearest land | Spain 🇪🇸 — 868 km (539 miles) away |
| Nearest town or city | Funchal, Portugal — 1,129 km (702 miles) away |
| Distance straight through the Earth | 12,742 km (7,918 miles) |
Brisbane's antipode is in open water, in North Atlantic Ocean 🌊. The point lies roughly 868 km (539 miles) west of the nearest coast, which belongs to Spain 🇪🇸.
The closest settlement of any size is Funchal, Portugal, about 1,129 km (702 miles) from the point.
6 other cities on this list surface in the same place as Brisbane.
Worked out by flipping the latitude across the equator (27.4531° S becomes 27.4531° N) and shifting the longitude by 180° (153.0331° E becomes 26.9669° W). More on how antipodes work.
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