Dig straight down through the centre of the Earth from Funafuti, Tuvalu 🇹🇻, home to about 5,000 people, and you would surface in Ghana 🇬🇭, at 8.5167° N, 0.7834° W. That puts Funafuti among the 66 cities on this list — out of 391 — whose antipode is dry land rather than water.
| City | Funafuti, Tuvalu 🇹🇻 |
|---|---|
| City coordinates | 8.5167° S, 179.2166° E |
| Antipode coordinates | 8.5167° N, 0.7834° W |
| What is there | Ghana 🇬🇭 |
| Nearest town or city | Atakpamé, Togo — 237 km (147 miles) away |
| Distance straight through the Earth | 12,742 km (7,918 miles) |
Funafuti's antipode falls on dry land, inside Ghana 🇬🇭. The closest town or city to that point is Atakpamé, Togo, about 237 km (147 miles) away.
No other city on this list surfaces in Ghana — Funafuti has it to itself.
Worked out by flipping the latitude across the equator (8.5167° S becomes 8.5167° N) and shifting the longitude by 180° (179.2166° E becomes 0.7834° W). More on how antipodes work.
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