Dig straight down through the centre of the Earth from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 🇲🇾, home to about 1.45 million people, and you would surface in Ecuador 🇪🇨, at 3.1686° S, 78.3020° W. That puts Kuala Lumpur among the 66 cities on this list — out of 391 — whose antipode is dry land rather than water.
| City | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 🇲🇾 |
|---|---|
| City coordinates | 3.1686° N, 101.6980° E |
| Antipode coordinates | 3.1686° S, 78.3020° W |
| What is there | Ecuador 🇪🇨 |
| Nearest town or city | Cuenca, Ecuador — 83 km (52 miles) away |
| Distance straight through the Earth | 12,742 km (7,918 miles) |
Kuala Lumpur's antipode falls on dry land, inside Ecuador 🇪🇨. The closest town or city to that point is Cuenca, Ecuador, about 83 km (52 miles) away.
One other city on this list surfaces in the same place as Kuala Lumpur.
Worked out by flipping the latitude across the equator (3.1686° N becomes 3.1686° S) and shifting the longitude by 180° (101.6980° E becomes 78.3020° W). More on how antipodes work.
New to it? How to play Antipodal.