Dig straight down through the centre of the Earth from Brussels, Belgium 🇧🇪, home to about 1.74 million people, and you would surface in the South Pacific Ocean 🌊, at 50.8353° S, 175.6686° 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 | Brussels, Belgium 🇧🇪 |
|---|---|
| City coordinates | 50.8353° N, 4.3314° E |
| Antipode coordinates | 50.8353° S, 175.6686° W |
| What is there | South Pacific Ocean 🌊 (open water) |
| Nearest land | New Zealand 🇳🇿 — 724 km (450 miles) away |
| Nearest town or city | Dunedin, New Zealand — 1,159 km (720 miles) away |
| Distance straight through the Earth | 12,742 km (7,918 miles) |
Brussels's antipode is in open water, in the South Pacific Ocean 🌊. The point lies roughly 724 km (450 miles) south of the nearest coast, which belongs to New Zealand 🇳🇿.
The closest settlement of any size is Dunedin, New Zealand, about 1,159 km (720 miles) from the point.
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174 other cities on this list surface in the same place as Brussels; the 10 largest are shown.
Worked out by flipping the latitude across the equator (50.8353° N becomes 50.8353° S) and shifting the longitude by 180° (4.3314° E becomes 175.6686° W). More on how antipodes work.
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