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 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 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.
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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