Dig straight down through the centre of the Earth from Goiânia, Brazil 🇧🇷, home to about 2.02 million people, and you would surface in Philippine Sea 🌊, at 16.7181° N, 130.6980° 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 | Goiânia, Brazil 🇧🇷 |
|---|---|
| City coordinates | 16.7181° S, 49.3020° W |
| Antipode coordinates | 16.7181° N, 130.6980° E |
| What is there | Philippine Sea 🌊 (open water) |
| Nearest land | Philippines 🇵🇭 — 750 km (466 miles) away |
| Nearest town or city | Cebu, Philippines — 1,023 km (636 miles) away |
| Distance straight through the Earth | 12,742 km (7,918 miles) |
Goiânia's antipode is in open water, in Philippine Sea 🌊. The point lies roughly 750 km (466 miles) north-east of the nearest coast, which belongs to Philippines 🇵🇭.
The closest settlement of any size is Cebu, Philippines, about 1,023 km (636 miles) from the point.
7 other cities on this list surface in the same place as Goiânia.
Worked out by flipping the latitude across the equator (16.7181° S becomes 16.7181° N) and shifting the longitude by 180° (49.3020° W becomes 130.6980° E). More on how antipodes work.
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