Dig straight down through the centre of the Earth from Libreville, Gabon 🇬🇦, home to about 578,000 people, and you would surface in the South Pacific Ocean 🌊, at 0.3854° S, 170.5420° 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 | Libreville, Gabon 🇬🇦 |
|---|---|
| City coordinates | 0.3854° N, 9.4580° E |
| Antipode coordinates | 0.3854° S, 170.5420° W |
| What is there | South Pacific Ocean 🌊 (open water) |
| Nearest land | Kiribati 🇰🇮 — 294 km (183 miles) away |
| Nearest town or city | Funafuti, Tuvalu — 1,451 km (902 miles) away |
| Distance straight through the Earth | 12,742 km (7,918 miles) |
Libreville's antipode is in open water, in the South Pacific Ocean 🌊. The point lies roughly 294 km (183 miles) north-east of the nearest coast, which belongs to Kiribati 🇰🇮.
The closest settlement of any size is Funafuti, Tuvalu, about 1,451 km (902 miles) from the point.
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174 other cities on this list surface in the same place as Libreville; the 10 largest are shown.
Worked out by flipping the latitude across the equator (0.3854° N becomes 0.3854° S) and shifting the longitude by 180° (9.4580° E becomes 170.5420° W). More on how antipodes work.
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