Dig straight down through the centre of the Earth from Dubai, United Arab Emirates 🇦🇪, home to about 1.38 million people, and you would surface in the South Pacific Ocean 🌊, at 25.2319° S, 124.7220° 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 | Dubai, United Arab Emirates 🇦🇪 |
|---|---|
| City coordinates | 25.2319° N, 55.2780° E |
| Antipode coordinates | 25.2319° S, 124.7220° W |
| What is there | South Pacific Ocean 🌊 (open water) |
| Nearest land | Pitcairn Islands 🇵🇳 — 372 km (231 miles) away |
| Nearest town or city | Papeete, French Polynesia — 2,706 km (1,681 miles) away |
| Distance straight through the Earth | 12,742 km (7,918 miles) |
Dubai's antipode is in open water, in the South Pacific Ocean 🌊. The point lies roughly 372 km (231 miles) east of the nearest coast, which belongs to Pitcairn Islands 🇵🇳.
The closest settlement of any size is Papeete, French Polynesia, about 2,706 km (1,681 miles) from the point.
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174 other cities on this list surface in the same place as Dubai; the 10 largest are shown.
Worked out by flipping the latitude across the equator (25.2319° N becomes 25.2319° S) and shifting the longitude by 180° (55.2780° E becomes 124.7220° W). More on how antipodes work.
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