Dig straight down through the centre of the Earth from Guatemala City, Guatemala 🇬🇹, home to about 1.02 million people, and you would surface in Indian Ocean 🌊, at 14.6231° S, 89.4711° 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 | Guatemala City, Guatemala 🇬🇹 |
|---|---|
| City coordinates | 14.6231° N, 90.5289° W |
| Antipode coordinates | 14.6231° S, 89.4711° E |
| What is there | Indian Ocean 🌊 (open water) |
| Nearest land | Indian Ocean Territories 🇦🇺 — 841 km (523 miles) away |
| Nearest town or city | Padang, Indonesia — 1,934 km (1,202 miles) away |
| Distance straight through the Earth | 12,742 km (7,918 miles) |
Guatemala City's antipode is in open water, in Indian Ocean 🌊. The point lies roughly 841 km (523 miles) west of the nearest coast, which belongs to Indian Ocean Territories 🇦🇺.
The closest settlement of any size is Padang, Indonesia, about 1,934 km (1,202 miles) from the point.
63 other cities on this list surface in the same place as Guatemala City; the 10 largest are shown.
Worked out by flipping the latitude across the equator (14.6231° N becomes 14.6231° S) and shifting the longitude by 180° (90.5289° W becomes 89.4711° E). More on how antipodes work.
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