Dig straight down through the centre of the Earth from Hargeisa, Somaliland 🌍, home to about 478,000 people, and you would surface in the South Pacific Ocean 🌊, at 9.5600° S, 135.9347° 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 | Hargeisa, Somaliland 🌍 |
|---|---|
| City coordinates | 9.5600° N, 44.0653° E |
| Antipode coordinates | 9.5600° S, 135.9347° W |
| What is there | South Pacific Ocean 🌊 (open water) |
| Nearest land | French Polynesia 🇵🇫 — 311 km (193 miles) away |
| Nearest town or city | Papeete, French Polynesia — 1,718 km (1,068 miles) away |
| Distance straight through the Earth | 12,742 km (7,918 miles) |
Hargeisa's antipode is in open water, in the South Pacific Ocean 🌊. The point lies roughly 311 km (193 miles) east of the nearest coast, which belongs to French Polynesia 🇵🇫.
The closest settlement of any size is Papeete, French Polynesia, about 1,718 km (1,068 miles) from the point.
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174 other cities on this list surface in the same place as Hargeisa; the 10 largest are shown.
Worked out by flipping the latitude across the equator (9.5600° N becomes 9.5600° S) and shifting the longitude by 180° (44.0653° E becomes 135.9347° W). More on how antipodes work.
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