Dig straight down through the centre of the Earth from Castries, Saint Lucia 🇱🇨, home to about 38,000 people, and you would surface in Indian Ocean 🌊, at 14.0020° S, 119.0000° 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 | Castries, Saint Lucia 🇱🇨 |
|---|---|
| City coordinates | 14.0020° N, 61.0000° W |
| Antipode coordinates | 14.0020° S, 119.0000° E |
| What is there | Indian Ocean 🌊 (open water) |
| Nearest land | Indonesia 🇮🇩 — 440 km (273 miles) away |
| Nearest town or city | Broome, Australia — 560 km (348 miles) away |
| Distance straight through the Earth | 12,742 km (7,918 miles) |
Castries's antipode is in open water, in Indian Ocean 🌊. The point lies roughly 440 km (273 miles) south of the nearest coast, which belongs to Indonesia 🇮🇩.
The closest settlement of any size is Broome, Australia, about 560 km (348 miles) from the point.
63 other cities on this list surface in the same place as Castries; the 10 largest are shown.
Worked out by flipping the latitude across the equator (14.0020° N becomes 14.0020° S) and shifting the longitude by 180° (61.0000° W becomes 119.0000° E). More on how antipodes work.
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