Dig straight down through the centre of the Earth from Kinshasa, Congo (Kinshasa) 🇨🇩, home to about 7.84 million people, and you would surface in the North Pacific Ocean 🌊, at 4.3278° N, 164.6870° 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 | Kinshasa, Congo (Kinshasa) 🇨🇩 |
|---|---|
| City coordinates | 4.3278° S, 15.3130° E |
| Antipode coordinates | 4.3278° N, 164.6870° W |
| What is there | North Pacific Ocean 🌊 (open water) |
| Nearest land | Kiribati 🇰🇮 — 588 km (365 miles) away |
| Nearest town or city | Hilo, United States of America — 2,001 km (1,243 miles) away |
| Distance straight through the Earth | 12,742 km (7,918 miles) |
Kinshasa's antipode is in open water, in the North Pacific Ocean 🌊. The point lies roughly 588 km (365 miles) west of the nearest coast, which belongs to Kiribati 🇰🇮.
The closest settlement of any size is Hilo, United States of America, about 2,001 km (1,243 miles) from the point.
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26 other cities on this list surface in the same place as Kinshasa; the 10 largest are shown.
Worked out by flipping the latitude across the equator (4.3278° S becomes 4.3278° N) and shifting the longitude by 180° (15.3130° E becomes 164.6870° W). More on how antipodes work.
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