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What's on the opposite side of the world from Kingstown?

Dig straight down through the centre of the Earth from Kingstown, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 🇻🇨, home to about 49,000 people, and you would surface in Indian Ocean 🌊, at 13.1483° S, 118.7879° E. Like most of the planet, that spot is open ocean; only 66 of the 391 cities listed here have an antipode on land.

CityKingstown, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 🇻🇨
City coordinates13.1483° N, 61.2121° W
Antipode coordinates13.1483° S, 118.7879° E
What is thereIndian Ocean 🌊 (open water)
Nearest landIndonesia 🇮🇩 — 360 km (224 miles) away
Nearest town or cityRaba, Indonesia — 522 km (324 miles) away
Distance straight through the Earth12,742 km (7,918 miles)

What is near Kingstown's antipode?

Kingstown's antipode is in open water, in Indian Ocean 🌊. The point lies roughly 360 km (224 miles) south-west of the nearest coast, which belongs to Indonesia 🇮🇩.

The closest settlement of any size is Raba, Indonesia, about 522 km (324 miles) from the point.

Other cities whose antipode is in Indian Ocean

63 other cities on this list surface in the same place as Kingstown; the 10 largest are shown.

Worked out by flipping the latitude across the equator (13.1483° N becomes 13.1483° S) and shifting the longitude by 180° (61.2121° W becomes 118.7879° E). More on how antipodes work.

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