Dig straight down through the centre of the Earth from Hanoi, Vietnam 🇻🇳, home to about 4.38 million people, and you would surface in the South Pacific Ocean 🌊, at 21.0353° S, 74.1519° 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 | Hanoi, Vietnam 🇻🇳 |
|---|---|
| City coordinates | 21.0353° N, 105.8481° E |
| Antipode coordinates | 21.0353° S, 74.1519° W |
| What is there | South Pacific Ocean 🌊 (open water) |
| Nearest land | Chile 🇨🇱 — 412 km (256 miles) away |
| Nearest town or city | Iquique, Chile — 428 km (266 miles) away |
| Distance straight through the Earth | 12,742 km (7,918 miles) |
Hanoi's antipode is in open water, in the South Pacific Ocean 🌊. The point lies roughly 412 km (256 miles) west of the nearest coast, which belongs to Chile 🇨🇱.
The closest settlement of any size is Iquique, Chile, about 428 km (266 miles) from the point.
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174 other cities on this list surface in the same place as Hanoi; the 10 largest are shown.
Worked out by flipping the latitude across the equator (21.0353° N becomes 21.0353° S) and shifting the longitude by 180° (105.8481° E becomes 74.1519° W). More on how antipodes work.
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