Dig straight down through the centre of the Earth from Gaborone, Botswana 🇧🇼, home to about 208,000 people, and you would surface in the North Pacific Ocean 🌊, at 24.6463° N, 154.0881° 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 | Gaborone, Botswana 🇧🇼 |
|---|---|
| City coordinates | 24.6463° S, 25.9119° E |
| Antipode coordinates | 24.6463° N, 154.0881° W |
| What is there | North Pacific Ocean 🌊 (open water) |
| Nearest land | United States of America 🇺🇸 — 468 km (291 miles) away |
| Nearest town or city | Honolulu, United States of America — 535 km (332 miles) away |
| Distance straight through the Earth | 12,742 km (7,918 miles) |
Gaborone's antipode is in open water, in the North Pacific Ocean 🌊. The point lies roughly 468 km (291 miles) north-east of the nearest coast, which belongs to United States of America 🇺🇸.
The closest settlement of any size is Honolulu, United States of America, about 535 km (332 miles) from the point.
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26 other cities on this list surface in the same place as Gaborone; the 10 largest are shown.
Worked out by flipping the latitude across the equator (24.6463° S becomes 24.6463° N) and shifting the longitude by 180° (25.9119° E becomes 154.0881° W). More on how antipodes work.
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