Dig straight down through the centre of the Earth from Dublin, Ireland 🇮🇪, home to about 1.06 million people, and you would surface in the South Pacific Ocean 🌊, at 53.3350° S, 173.7491° E. Like most of the planet, that spot is open ocean; only 66 of the 391 cities listed here have an antipode on land.
| City | Dublin, Ireland 🇮🇪 |
|---|---|
| City coordinates | 53.3350° N, 6.2509° W |
| Antipode coordinates | 53.3350° S, 173.7491° E |
| What is there | South Pacific Ocean 🌊 (open water) |
| Nearest land | New Zealand 🇳🇿 — 315 km (196 miles) away |
| Nearest town or city | Dunedin, New Zealand — 861 km (535 miles) away |
| Distance straight through the Earth | 12,742 km (7,918 miles) |
Dublin's antipode is in open water, in the South Pacific Ocean 🌊. The point lies roughly 315 km (196 miles) east of the nearest coast, which belongs to New Zealand 🇳🇿.
The closest settlement of any size is Dunedin, New Zealand, about 861 km (535 miles) from the point.
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174 other cities on this list surface in the same place as Dublin; the 10 largest are shown.
Worked out by flipping the latitude across the equator (53.3350° N becomes 53.3350° S) and shifting the longitude by 180° (6.2509° W becomes 173.7491° E). More on how antipodes work.
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