Dig straight down through the centre of the Earth from Dili, East Timor 🇹🇱, home to about 234,000 people, and you would surface in North Atlantic Ocean 🌊, at 8.5594° N, 54.4205° 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 | Dili, East Timor 🇹🇱 |
|---|---|
| City coordinates | 8.5594° S, 125.5795° E |
| Antipode coordinates | 8.5594° N, 54.4205° W |
| What is there | North Atlantic Ocean 🌊 (open water) |
| Nearest land | Suriname 🇸🇷 — 289 km (180 miles) away |
| Nearest town or city | Paramaribo, Suriname — 314 km (195 miles) away |
| Distance straight through the Earth | 12,742 km (7,918 miles) |
Dili's antipode is in open water, in North Atlantic Ocean 🌊. The point lies roughly 289 km (180 miles) north of the nearest coast, which belongs to Suriname 🇸🇷.
The closest settlement of any size is Paramaribo, Suriname, about 314 km (195 miles) from the point.
6 other cities on this list surface in the same place as Dili.
Worked out by flipping the latitude across the equator (8.5594° S becomes 8.5594° N) and shifting the longitude by 180° (125.5795° E becomes 54.4205° W). More on how antipodes work.
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