Dig straight down through the centre of the Earth from Jakarta, Indonesia 🇮🇩, home to about 9.13 million people, and you would surface in Colombia 🇨🇴, at 6.1725° N, 73.1725° W. That puts Jakarta among the 66 cities on this list — out of 391 — whose antipode is dry land rather than water.
| City | Jakarta, Indonesia 🇮🇩 |
|---|---|
| City coordinates | 6.1725° S, 106.8275° E |
| Antipode coordinates | 6.1725° N, 73.1725° W |
| What is there | Colombia 🇨🇴 |
| Nearest town or city | Bogota, Colombia — 202 km (126 miles) away |
| Distance straight through the Earth | 12,742 km (7,918 miles) |
Jakarta's antipode falls on dry land, inside Colombia 🇨🇴. The closest town or city to that point is Bogota, Colombia, about 202 km (126 miles) away.
2 other cities on this list surface in the same place as Jakarta.
Worked out by flipping the latitude across the equator (6.1725° S becomes 6.1725° N) and shifting the longitude by 180° (106.8275° E becomes 73.1725° W). More on how antipodes work.
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