Dig straight down through the centre of the Earth from Havana, Cuba 🇨🇺, home to about 2.17 million people, and you would surface in the Indian Ocean 🌊, at 23.1339° S, 97.6339° 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 | Havana, Cuba 🇨🇺 |
|---|---|
| City coordinates | 23.1339° N, 82.3661° W |
| Antipode coordinates | 23.1339° S, 97.6339° E |
| What is there | Indian Ocean 🌊 (open water) |
| Nearest land | Indian Ocean Territories 🇦🇺 — 1,218 km (757 miles) away |
| Nearest town or city | Geraldton, Australia — 1,806 km (1,122 miles) away |
| Distance straight through the Earth | 12,742 km (7,918 miles) |
Havana's antipode is in open water, in the Indian Ocean 🌊. The point lies roughly 1,218 km (757 miles) south of the nearest coast, which belongs to Indian Ocean Territories 🇦🇺.
The closest settlement of any size is Geraldton, Australia, about 1,806 km (1,122 miles) from the point.
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63 other cities on this list surface in the same place as Havana; the 10 largest are shown.
Worked out by flipping the latitude across the equator (23.1339° N becomes 23.1339° S) and shifting the longitude by 180° (82.3661° W becomes 97.6339° E). More on how antipodes work.
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