Dig straight down through the centre of the Earth from Haiphong, Vietnam 🇻🇳, home to about 1.97 million people, and you would surface in the South Pacific Ocean 🌊, at 20.8320° S, 73.3219° 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 | Haiphong, Vietnam 🇻🇳 |
|---|---|
| City coordinates | 20.8320° N, 106.6781° E |
| Antipode coordinates | 20.8320° S, 73.3219° W |
| What is there | South Pacific Ocean 🌊 (open water) |
| Nearest land | Chile 🇨🇱 — 325 km (202 miles) away |
| Nearest town or city | Iquique, Chile — 339 km (211 miles) away |
| Distance straight through the Earth | 12,742 km (7,918 miles) |
Haiphong's antipode is in open water, in the South Pacific Ocean 🌊. The point lies roughly 325 km (202 miles) west of the nearest coast, which belongs to Chile 🇨🇱.
The closest settlement of any size is Iquique, Chile, about 339 km (211 miles) from the point.
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174 other cities on this list surface in the same place as Haiphong; the 10 largest are shown.
Worked out by flipping the latitude across the equator (20.8320° N becomes 20.8320° S) and shifting the longitude by 180° (106.6781° E becomes 73.3219° W). More on how antipodes work.
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