Dig straight down through the centre of the Earth from Fortaleza, Brazil 🇧🇷, home to about 3.60 million people, and you would surface in the North Pacific Ocean 🌊, at 3.7481° N, 141.4181° 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 | Fortaleza, Brazil 🇧🇷 |
|---|---|
| City coordinates | 3.7481° S, 38.5819° W |
| Antipode coordinates | 3.7481° N, 141.4181° E |
| What is there | North Pacific Ocean 🌊 (open water) |
| Nearest land | Indonesia 🇮🇩 — 688 km (428 miles) away |
| Nearest town or city | Jayapura, Indonesia — 703 km (437 miles) away |
| Distance straight through the Earth | 12,742 km (7,918 miles) |
Fortaleza's antipode is in open water, in the North Pacific Ocean 🌊. The point lies roughly 688 km (428 miles) north-east of the nearest coast, which belongs to Indonesia 🇮🇩.
The closest settlement of any size is Jayapura, Indonesia, about 703 km (437 miles) from the point.
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26 other cities on this list surface in the same place as Fortaleza; the 10 largest are shown.
Worked out by flipping the latitude across the equator (3.7481° S becomes 3.7481° N) and shifting the longitude by 180° (38.5819° W becomes 141.4181° E). More on how antipodes work.
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