Dig straight down through the centre of the Earth from Hyderabad, India 🇮🇳, home to about 6.38 million people, and you would surface in the South Pacific Ocean 🌊, at 17.4019° S, 101.5220° 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 | Hyderabad, India 🇮🇳 |
|---|---|
| City coordinates | 17.4019° N, 78.4780° E |
| Antipode coordinates | 17.4019° S, 101.5220° W |
| What is there | South Pacific Ocean 🌊 (open water) |
| Nearest land | Chile 🇨🇱 — 1,337 km (831 miles) away |
| Nearest town or city | Santa Cruz, Ecuador — 2,239 km (1,391 miles) away |
| Distance straight through the Earth | 12,742 km (7,918 miles) |
Hyderabad's antipode is in open water, in the South Pacific Ocean 🌊. The point lies roughly 1,337 km (831 miles) north-east of the nearest coast, which belongs to Chile 🇨🇱.
The closest settlement of any size is Santa Cruz, Ecuador, about 2,239 km (1,391 miles) from the point.
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174 other cities on this list surface in the same place as Hyderabad; the 10 largest are shown.
Worked out by flipping the latitude across the equator (17.4019° N becomes 17.4019° S) and shifting the longitude by 180° (78.4780° E becomes 101.5220° W). More on how antipodes work.
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