Dig straight down through the centre of the Earth from Luanda, Angola 🇦🇴, home to about 5.17 million people, and you would surface in the North Pacific Ocean 🌊, at 8.8363° N, 166.7675° 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 | Luanda, Angola 🇦🇴 |
|---|---|
| City coordinates | 8.8363° S, 13.2325° E |
| Antipode coordinates | 8.8363° N, 166.7675° W |
| What is there | North Pacific Ocean 🌊 (open water) |
| Nearest land | Kiribati 🇰🇮 — 983 km (611 miles) away |
| Nearest town or city | Honolulu, United States of America — 1,683 km (1,046 miles) away |
| Distance straight through the Earth | 12,742 km (7,918 miles) |
Luanda's antipode is in open water, in the North Pacific Ocean 🌊. The point lies roughly 983 km (611 miles) north-west of the nearest coast, which belongs to Kiribati 🇰🇮.
The closest settlement of any size is Honolulu, United States of America, about 1,683 km (1,046 miles) from the point.
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26 other cities on this list surface in the same place as Luanda; the 10 largest are shown.
Worked out by flipping the latitude across the equator (8.8363° S becomes 8.8363° N) and shifting the longitude by 180° (13.2325° E becomes 166.7675° W). More on how antipodes work.
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