Dig straight down through the centre of the Earth from Ljubljana, Slovenia 🇸🇮, home to about 315,000 people, and you would surface in the South Pacific Ocean 🌊, at 46.0553° S, 165.4850° 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 | Ljubljana, Slovenia 🇸🇮 |
|---|---|
| City coordinates | 46.0553° N, 14.5150° E |
| Antipode coordinates | 46.0553° S, 165.4850° W |
| What is there | South Pacific Ocean 🌊 (open water) |
| Nearest land | New Zealand 🇳🇿 — 857 km (533 miles) away |
| Nearest town or city | Napier, New Zealand — 1,606 km (998 miles) away |
| Distance straight through the Earth | 12,742 km (7,918 miles) |
Ljubljana's antipode is in open water, in the South Pacific Ocean 🌊. The point lies roughly 857 km (533 miles) east of the nearest coast, which belongs to New Zealand 🇳🇿.
The closest settlement of any size is Napier, New Zealand, about 1,606 km (998 miles) from the point.
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174 other cities on this list surface in the same place as Ljubljana; the 10 largest are shown.
Worked out by flipping the latitude across the equator (46.0553° N becomes 46.0553° S) and shifting the longitude by 180° (14.5150° E becomes 165.4850° W). More on how antipodes work.
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