Dig straight down through the centre of the Earth from Colombo, Sri Lanka 🇱🇰, home to about 217,000 people, and you would surface in South Pacific Ocean 🌊, at 6.9320° S, 100.1422° 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 | Colombo, Sri Lanka 🇱🇰 |
|---|---|
| City coordinates | 6.9320° N, 79.8578° E |
| Antipode coordinates | 6.9320° S, 100.1422° W |
| What is there | South Pacific Ocean 🌊 (open water) |
| Nearest land | Ecuador 🇪🇨 — 1,170 km (727 miles) away |
| Nearest town or city | Santa Cruz, Ecuador — 1,298 km (807 miles) away |
| Distance straight through the Earth | 12,742 km (7,918 miles) |
Colombo's antipode is in open water, in South Pacific Ocean 🌊. The point lies roughly 1,170 km (727 miles) south-west of the nearest coast, which belongs to Ecuador 🇪🇨.
The closest settlement of any size is Santa Cruz, Ecuador, about 1,298 km (807 miles) from the point.
174 other cities on this list surface in the same place as Colombo; the 10 largest are shown.
Worked out by flipping the latitude across the equator (6.9320° N becomes 6.9320° S) and shifting the longitude by 180° (79.8578° E becomes 100.1422° W). More on how antipodes work.
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