Dig straight down through the centre of the Earth from Honiara, Solomon Islands 🇸🇧, home to about 76,000 people, and you would surface in North Atlantic Ocean 🌊, at 9.4380° N, 20.0502° 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 | Honiara, Solomon Islands 🇸🇧 |
|---|---|
| City coordinates | 9.4380° S, 159.9498° E |
| Antipode coordinates | 9.4380° N, 20.0502° W |
| What is there | North Atlantic Ocean 🌊 (open water) |
| Nearest land | Guinea-Bissau 🇬🇼 — 457 km (284 miles) away |
| Nearest town or city | Bissau, Guinea Bissau — 556 km (345 miles) away |
| Distance straight through the Earth | 12,742 km (7,918 miles) |
Honiara's antipode is in open water, in North Atlantic Ocean 🌊. The point lies roughly 457 km (284 miles) south-west of the nearest coast, which belongs to Guinea-Bissau 🇬🇼.
The closest settlement of any size is Bissau, Guinea Bissau, about 556 km (345 miles) from the point.
6 other cities on this list surface in the same place as Honiara.
Worked out by flipping the latitude across the equator (9.4380° S becomes 9.4380° N) and shifting the longitude by 180° (159.9498° E becomes 20.0502° W). More on how antipodes work.
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