Dig straight down through the centre of the Earth from Colombo, Sri Lanka 🇱🇰, home to about 217,000 people, and you would surface in the 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 the 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.
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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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