Dig straight down through the centre of the Earth from Guayaquil, Ecuador 🇪🇨, home to about 2.51 million people, and you would surface in Indonesia 🇮🇩, at 2.2181° N, 100.0780° E. That puts Guayaquil among the 66 cities on this list — out of 391 — whose antipode is dry land rather than water.
| City | Guayaquil, Ecuador 🇪🇨 |
|---|---|
| City coordinates | 2.2181° S, 79.9220° W |
| Antipode coordinates | 2.2181° N, 100.0780° E |
| What is there | Indonesia 🇮🇩 |
| Nearest town or city | Putrajaya, Malaysia — 196 km (122 miles) away |
| Distance straight through the Earth | 12,742 km (7,918 miles) |
Guayaquil's antipode falls on dry land, inside Indonesia 🇮🇩. The closest town or city to that point is Putrajaya, Malaysia, about 196 km (122 miles) away.
2 other cities on this list surface in the same place as Guayaquil.
Worked out by flipping the latitude across the equator (2.2181° S becomes 2.2181° N) and shifting the longitude by 180° (79.9220° W becomes 100.0780° E). More on how antipodes work.
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