Dig straight down through the centre of the Earth from Durban, South Africa 🇿🇦, home to about 2.73 million people, and you would surface in the North Pacific Ocean 🌊, at 29.8631° N, 149.0219° 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 | Durban, South Africa 🇿🇦 |
|---|---|
| City coordinates | 29.8631° S, 30.9781° E |
| Antipode coordinates | 29.8631° N, 149.0219° W |
| What is there | North Pacific Ocean 🌊 (open water) |
| Nearest land | United States of America 🇺🇸 — 1,229 km (764 miles) away |
| Nearest town or city | Hilo, United States of America — 1,285 km (798 miles) away |
| Distance straight through the Earth | 12,742 km (7,918 miles) |
Durban's antipode is in open water, in the North Pacific Ocean 🌊. The point lies roughly 1,229 km (764 miles) north-east of the nearest coast, which belongs to United States of America 🇺🇸.
The closest settlement of any size is Hilo, United States of America, about 1,285 km (798 miles) from the point.
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26 other cities on this list surface in the same place as Durban; the 10 largest are shown.
Worked out by flipping the latitude across the equator (29.8631° S becomes 29.8631° N) and shifting the longitude by 180° (30.9781° E becomes 149.0219° W). More on how antipodes work.
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