Dig straight down through the centre of the Earth from Freetown, Sierra Leone 🇸🇱, home to about 827,000 people, and you would surface in South Pacific Ocean 🌊, at 8.4720° S, 166.7638° 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 | Freetown, Sierra Leone 🇸🇱 |
|---|---|
| City coordinates | 8.4720° N, 13.2362° W |
| Antipode coordinates | 8.4720° S, 166.7638° E |
| What is there | South Pacific Ocean 🌊 (open water) |
| Nearest land | Solomon Islands 🇸🇧 — 255 km (158 miles) away |
| Nearest town or city | Honiara, Solomon Islands — 756 km (470 miles) away |
| Distance straight through the Earth | 12,742 km (7,918 miles) |
Freetown's antipode is in open water, in South Pacific Ocean 🌊. The point lies roughly 255 km (158 miles) north of the nearest coast, which belongs to Solomon Islands 🇸🇧.
The closest settlement of any size is Honiara, Solomon Islands, about 756 km (470 miles) from the point.
174 other cities on this list surface in the same place as Freetown; the 10 largest are shown.
Worked out by flipping the latitude across the equator (8.4720° N becomes 8.4720° S) and shifting the longitude by 180° (13.2362° W becomes 166.7638° E). More on how antipodes work.
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