Dig straight down through the centre of the Earth from Los Angeles, United States of America 🇺🇸, home to about 12.5 million people, and you would surface in Indian Ocean 🌊, at 33.9919° S, 61.8181° E. Like most of the planet, that spot is open ocean; only 66 of the 391 cities listed here have an antipode on land.
| City | Los Angeles, United States of America 🇺🇸 |
|---|---|
| City coordinates | 33.9919° N, 118.1819° W |
| Antipode coordinates | 33.9919° S, 61.8181° E |
| What is there | Indian Ocean 🌊 (open water) |
| Nearest land | France 🇫🇷 — 1,526 km (948 miles) away |
| Nearest town or city | St.-Denis, France — 1,587 km (986 miles) away |
| Distance straight through the Earth | 12,742 km (7,918 miles) |
Los Angeles's antipode is in open water, in Indian Ocean 🌊. The point lies roughly 1,526 km (948 miles) south of the nearest coast, which belongs to France 🇫🇷 — far enough out that no shore would be visible from it.
The closest settlement of any size is St.-Denis, France, about 1,587 km (986 miles) from the point.
63 other cities on this list surface in the same place as Los Angeles; the 10 largest are shown.
Worked out by flipping the latitude across the equator (33.9919° N becomes 33.9919° S) and shifting the longitude by 180° (118.1819° W becomes 61.8181° E). More on how antipodes work.
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