Dig straight down through the centre of the Earth from Campinas, Brazil 🇧🇷, home to about 2.79 million people, and you would surface in Philippine Sea 🌊, at 22.8981° N, 132.8980° 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 | Campinas, Brazil 🇧🇷 |
|---|---|
| City coordinates | 22.8981° S, 47.1020° W |
| Antipode coordinates | 22.8981° N, 132.8980° E |
| What is there | Philippine Sea 🌊 (open water) |
| Nearest land | Japan 🇯🇵 — 627 km (390 miles) away |
| Nearest town or city | Naha, Japan — 644 km (400 miles) away |
| Distance straight through the Earth | 12,742 km (7,918 miles) |
Campinas's antipode is in open water, in Philippine Sea 🌊. The point lies roughly 627 km (390 miles) south-east of the nearest coast, which belongs to Japan 🇯🇵.
The closest settlement of any size is Naha, Japan, about 644 km (400 miles) from the point.
7 other cities on this list surface in the same place as Campinas.
Worked out by flipping the latitude across the equator (22.8981° S becomes 22.8981° N) and shifting the longitude by 180° (47.1020° W becomes 132.8980° E). More on how antipodes work.
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