Dig straight down through the centre of the Earth from Caracas, Venezuela 🇻🇪, home to about 2.98 million people, and you would surface in the Indian Ocean 🌊, at 10.5029° S, 113.0810° 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 | Caracas, Venezuela 🇻🇪 |
|---|---|
| City coordinates | 10.5029° N, 66.9190° W |
| Antipode coordinates | 10.5029° S, 113.0810° E |
| What is there | Indian Ocean 🌊 (open water) |
| Nearest land | Indonesia 🇮🇩 — 234 km (145 miles) away |
| Nearest town or city | Malang, Indonesia — 286 km (178 miles) away |
| Distance straight through the Earth | 12,742 km (7,918 miles) |
Caracas's antipode is in open water, in the Indian Ocean 🌊. The point lies roughly 234 km (145 miles) south of the nearest coast, which belongs to Indonesia 🇮🇩.
The closest settlement of any size is Malang, Indonesia, about 286 km (178 miles) from the point.
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63 other cities on this list surface in the same place as Caracas; the 10 largest are shown.
Worked out by flipping the latitude across the equator (10.5029° N becomes 10.5029° S) and shifting the longitude by 180° (66.9190° W becomes 113.0810° E). More on how antipodes work.
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