Dig straight down through the centre of the Earth from Lilongwe, Malawi 🇲🇼, home to about 647,000 people, and you would surface in the North Pacific Ocean 🌊, at 13.9833° N, 146.2167° 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 | Lilongwe, Malawi 🇲🇼 |
|---|---|
| City coordinates | 13.9833° S, 33.7833° E |
| Antipode coordinates | 13.9833° N, 146.2167° W |
| What is there | North Pacific Ocean 🌊 (open water) |
| Nearest land | United States of America 🇺🇸 — 1,102 km (685 miles) away |
| Nearest town or city | Hilo, United States of America — 1,138 km (707 miles) away |
| Distance straight through the Earth | 12,742 km (7,918 miles) |
Lilongwe's antipode is in open water, in the North Pacific Ocean 🌊. The point lies roughly 1,102 km (685 miles) south-east of the nearest coast, which belongs to United States of America 🇺🇸.
The closest settlement of any size is Hilo, United States of America, about 1,138 km (707 miles) from the point.
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26 other cities on this list surface in the same place as Lilongwe; the 10 largest are shown.
Worked out by flipping the latitude across the equator (13.9833° S becomes 13.9833° N) and shifting the longitude by 180° (33.7833° E becomes 146.2167° W). More on how antipodes work.
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