Dig straight down through the centre of the Earth from Chengdu, China 🇨🇳, home to about 4.12 million people, and you would surface in the South Pacific Ocean 🌊, at 30.6719° S, 75.9319° 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 | Chengdu, China 🇨🇳 |
|---|---|
| City coordinates | 30.6719° N, 104.0681° E |
| Antipode coordinates | 30.6719° S, 75.9319° W |
| What is there | South Pacific Ocean 🌊 (open water) |
| Nearest land | Chile 🇨🇱 — 423 km (263 miles) away |
| Nearest town or city | La Serena, Chile — 458 km (285 miles) away |
| Distance straight through the Earth | 12,742 km (7,918 miles) |
Chengdu's antipode is in open water, in the South Pacific Ocean 🌊. The point lies roughly 423 km (263 miles) north-east of the nearest coast, which belongs to Chile 🇨🇱.
The closest settlement of any size is La Serena, Chile, about 458 km (285 miles) from the point.
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174 other cities on this list surface in the same place as Chengdu; the 10 largest are shown.
Worked out by flipping the latitude across the equator (30.6719° N becomes 30.6719° S) and shifting the longitude by 180° (104.0681° E becomes 75.9319° W). More on how antipodes work.
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