Dig straight down through the centre of the Earth from Karachi, Pakistan 🇵🇰, home to about 12.1 million people, and you would surface in the South Pacific Ocean 🌊, at 24.8719° S, 113.0119° 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 | Karachi, Pakistan 🇵🇰 |
|---|---|
| City coordinates | 24.8719° N, 66.9881° E |
| Antipode coordinates | 24.8719° S, 113.0119° W |
| What is there | South Pacific Ocean 🌊 (open water) |
| Nearest land | Chile 🇨🇱 — 436 km (271 miles) away |
| Nearest town or city | Santa Cruz, Ecuador — 3,641 km (2,262 miles) away |
| Distance straight through the Earth | 12,742 km (7,918 miles) |
Karachi's antipode is in open water, in the South Pacific Ocean 🌊. The point lies roughly 436 km (271 miles) north-west of the nearest coast, which belongs to Chile 🇨🇱.
The closest settlement of any size is Santa Cruz, Ecuador, about 3,641 km (2,262 miles) from the point.
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174 other cities on this list surface in the same place as Karachi; the 10 largest are shown.
Worked out by flipping the latitude across the equator (24.8719° N becomes 24.8719° S) and shifting the longitude by 180° (66.9881° E becomes 113.0119° W). More on how antipodes work.
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