Dig straight down through the centre of the Earth from Lanzhou, China 🇨🇳, home to about 2.56 million people, and you would surface in the South Pacific Ocean 🌊, at 36.0580° S, 76.2099° 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 | Lanzhou, China 🇨🇳 |
|---|---|
| City coordinates | 36.0580° N, 103.7901° E |
| Antipode coordinates | 36.0580° S, 76.2099° W |
| What is there | South Pacific Ocean 🌊 (open water) |
| Nearest land | Chile 🇨🇱 — 266 km (165 miles) away |
| Nearest town or city | Concepción, Chile — 295 km (183 miles) away |
| Distance straight through the Earth | 12,742 km (7,918 miles) |
Lanzhou's antipode is in open water, in the South Pacific Ocean 🌊. The point lies roughly 266 km (165 miles) north-west of the nearest coast, which belongs to Chile 🇨🇱.
The closest settlement of any size is Concepción, Chile, about 295 km (183 miles) from the point.
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174 other cities on this list surface in the same place as Lanzhou; the 10 largest are shown.
Worked out by flipping the latitude across the equator (36.0580° N becomes 36.0580° S) and shifting the longitude by 180° (103.7901° E becomes 76.2099° W). More on how antipodes work.
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