Dig straight down through the centre of the Earth from Cotonou, Benin 🇧🇯, home to about 762,000 people, and you would surface in the South Pacific Ocean 🌊, at 6.4020° S, 177.4820° 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 | Cotonou, Benin 🇧🇯 |
|---|---|
| City coordinates | 6.4020° N, 2.5180° E |
| Antipode coordinates | 6.4020° S, 177.4820° W |
| What is there | South Pacific Ocean 🌊 (open water) |
| Nearest land | Kiribati 🇰🇮 — 379 km (235 miles) away |
| Nearest town or city | Funafuti, Tuvalu — 433 km (269 miles) away |
| Distance straight through the Earth | 12,742 km (7,918 miles) |
Cotonou's antipode is in open water, in the South Pacific Ocean 🌊. The point lies roughly 379 km (235 miles) south-west of the nearest coast, which belongs to Kiribati 🇰🇮.
The closest settlement of any size is Funafuti, Tuvalu, about 433 km (269 miles) from the point.
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174 other cities on this list surface in the same place as Cotonou; the 10 largest are shown.
Worked out by flipping the latitude across the equator (6.4020° N becomes 6.4020° S) and shifting the longitude by 180° (2.5180° E becomes 177.4820° W). More on how antipodes work.
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