Dig straight down through the centre of the Earth from Kanpur, India 🇮🇳, home to about 3.16 million people, and you would surface in the South Pacific Ocean 🌊, at 26.4619° S, 99.6820° 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 | Kanpur, India 🇮🇳 |
|---|---|
| City coordinates | 26.4619° N, 80.3180° E |
| Antipode coordinates | 26.4619° S, 99.6820° W |
| What is there | South Pacific Ocean 🌊 (open water) |
| Nearest land | Chile 🇨🇱 — 950 km (590 miles) away |
| Nearest town or city | Concepción, Chile — 2,760 km (1,715 miles) away |
| Distance straight through the Earth | 12,742 km (7,918 miles) |
Kanpur's antipode is in open water, in the South Pacific Ocean 🌊. The point lies roughly 950 km (590 miles) east of the nearest coast, which belongs to Chile 🇨🇱.
The closest settlement of any size is Concepción, Chile, about 2,760 km (1,715 miles) from the point.
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174 other cities on this list surface in the same place as Kanpur; the 10 largest are shown.
Worked out by flipping the latitude across the equator (26.4619° N becomes 26.4619° S) and shifting the longitude by 180° (80.3180° E becomes 99.6820° W). More on how antipodes work.
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