Dig straight down through the centre of the Earth from Lomé, Togo 🇹🇬, home to about 1.45 million people, and you would surface in the South Pacific Ocean 🌊, at 6.1339° S, 178.7792° 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 | Lomé, Togo 🇹🇬 |
|---|---|
| City coordinates | 6.1339° N, 1.2208° E |
| Antipode coordinates | 6.1339° S, 178.7792° W |
| What is there | South Pacific Ocean 🌊 (open water) |
| Nearest land | Tuvalu 🇹🇻 — 342 km (213 miles) away |
| Nearest town or city | Funafuti, Tuvalu — 345 km (214 miles) away |
| Distance straight through the Earth | 12,742 km (7,918 miles) |
Lomé's antipode is in open water, in the South Pacific Ocean 🌊. The point lies roughly 342 km (213 miles) north-east of the nearest coast, which belongs to Tuvalu 🇹🇻.
The closest settlement of any size is Funafuti, Tuvalu, about 345 km (214 miles) from the point.
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174 other cities on this list surface in the same place as Lomé; the 10 largest are shown.
Worked out by flipping the latitude across the equator (6.1339° N becomes 6.1339° S) and shifting the longitude by 180° (1.2208° E becomes 178.7792° W). More on how antipodes work.
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