Dig straight down through the centre of the Earth from George Town, Malaysia 🇲🇾, home to about 2.50 million people, and you would surface in Peru 🇵🇪, at 5.4136° S, 79.6706° W. That puts George Town among the 66 cities on this list — out of 391 — whose antipode is dry land rather than water.
| City | George Town, Malaysia 🇲🇾 |
|---|---|
| City coordinates | 5.4136° N, 100.3294° E |
| Antipode coordinates | 5.4136° S, 79.6706° W |
| What is there | Peru 🇵🇪 |
| Nearest town or city | Piura, Peru — 109 km (68 miles) away |
| Distance straight through the Earth | 12,742 km (7,918 miles) |
George Town's antipode falls on dry land, inside Peru 🇵🇪. The closest town or city to that point is Piura, Peru, about 109 km (68 miles) away.
2 other cities on this list surface in the same place as George Town.
Worked out by flipping the latitude across the equator (5.4136° N becomes 5.4136° S) and shifting the longitude by 180° (100.3294° E becomes 79.6706° W). More on how antipodes work.
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