Dig straight down through the centre of the Earth from Douala, Cameroon 🇨🇲, home to about 1.91 million people, and you would surface in South Pacific Ocean 🌊, at 4.0624° S, 170.2920° 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 | Douala, Cameroon 🇨🇲 |
|---|---|
| City coordinates | 4.0624° N, 9.7080° E |
| Antipode coordinates | 4.0624° S, 170.2920° W |
| What is there | South Pacific Ocean 🌊 (open water) |
| Nearest land | Kiribati 🇰🇮 — 113 km (70 miles) away |
| Nearest town or city | Apia, Samoa — 1,099 km (683 miles) away |
| Distance straight through the Earth | 12,742 km (7,918 miles) |
Douala's antipode is in open water, in South Pacific Ocean 🌊. The point lies roughly 113 km (70 miles) north-east of the nearest coast, which belongs to Kiribati 🇰🇮.
The closest settlement of any size is Apia, Samoa, about 1,099 km (683 miles) from the point.
174 other cities on this list surface in the same place as Douala; the 10 largest are shown.
Worked out by flipping the latitude across the equator (4.0624° N becomes 4.0624° S) and shifting the longitude by 180° (9.7080° E becomes 170.2920° W). More on how antipodes work.
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