Dig straight down through the centre of the Earth from Dar es Salaam, Tanzania 🇹🇿, home to about 2.93 million people, and you would surface in North Pacific Ocean 🌊, at 6.7981° N, 140.7336° 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 | Dar es Salaam, Tanzania 🇹🇿 |
|---|---|
| City coordinates | 6.7981° S, 39.2664° E |
| Antipode coordinates | 6.7981° N, 140.7336° W |
| What is there | North Pacific Ocean 🌊 (open water) |
| Nearest land | French Polynesia 🇵🇫 — 1,733 km (1,077 miles) away |
| Nearest town or city | Hilo, United States of America — 2,112 km (1,312 miles) away |
| Distance straight through the Earth | 12,742 km (7,918 miles) |
Dar es Salaam's antipode is in open water, in North Pacific Ocean 🌊. The point lies roughly 1,733 km (1,077 miles) north of the nearest coast, which belongs to French Polynesia 🇵🇫 — far enough out that no shore would be visible from it.
The closest settlement of any size is Hilo, United States of America, about 2,112 km (1,312 miles) from the point.
26 other cities on this list surface in the same place as Dar es Salaam; the 10 largest are shown.
Worked out by flipping the latitude across the equator (6.7981° S becomes 6.7981° N) and shifting the longitude by 180° (39.2664° E becomes 140.7336° W). More on how antipodes work.
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