Dig straight down through the centre of the Earth from Kabul, Afghanistan 🇦🇫, home to about 3.28 million people, and you would surface in the South Pacific Ocean 🌊, at 34.5186° S, 110.8187° 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 | Kabul, Afghanistan 🇦🇫 |
|---|---|
| City coordinates | 34.5186° N, 69.1813° E |
| Antipode coordinates | 34.5186° S, 110.8187° W |
| What is there | South Pacific Ocean 🌊 (open water) |
| Nearest land | Chile 🇨🇱 — 828 km (514 miles) away |
| Nearest town or city | Valdivia, Chile — 3,356 km (2,085 miles) away |
| Distance straight through the Earth | 12,742 km (7,918 miles) |
Kabul's antipode is in open water, in the South Pacific Ocean 🌊. The point lies roughly 828 km (514 miles) south of the nearest coast, which belongs to Chile 🇨🇱.
The closest settlement of any size is Valdivia, Chile, about 3,356 km (2,085 miles) from the point.
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174 other cities on this list surface in the same place as Kabul; the 10 largest are shown.
Worked out by flipping the latitude across the equator (34.5186° N becomes 34.5186° S) and shifting the longitude by 180° (69.1813° E becomes 110.8187° W). More on how antipodes work.
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