Dig straight down through the centre of the Earth from Kathmandu, Nepal 🇳🇵, home to about 895,000 people, and you would surface in the South Pacific Ocean 🌊, at 27.7186° S, 94.6853° 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 | Kathmandu, Nepal 🇳🇵 |
|---|---|
| City coordinates | 27.7186° N, 85.3147° E |
| Antipode coordinates | 27.7186° S, 94.6853° W |
| What is there | South Pacific Ocean 🌊 (open water) |
| Nearest land | Chile 🇨🇱 — 1,436 km (892 miles) away |
| Nearest town or city | Concepción, Chile — 2,265 km (1,407 miles) away |
| Distance straight through the Earth | 12,742 km (7,918 miles) |
Kathmandu's antipode is in open water, in the South Pacific Ocean 🌊. The point lies roughly 1,436 km (892 miles) east of the nearest coast, which belongs to Chile 🇨🇱.
The closest settlement of any size is Concepción, Chile, about 2,265 km (1,407 miles) from the point.
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174 other cities on this list surface in the same place as Kathmandu; the 10 largest are shown.
Worked out by flipping the latitude across the equator (27.7186° N becomes 27.7186° S) and shifting the longitude by 180° (85.3147° E becomes 94.6853° W). More on how antipodes work.
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