Dig straight down through the centre of the Earth from Lucknow, India 🇮🇳, home to about 2.69 million people, and you would surface in the South Pacific Ocean 🌊, at 26.8570° S, 99.0869° 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 | Lucknow, India 🇮🇳 |
|---|---|
| City coordinates | 26.8570° N, 80.9131° E |
| Antipode coordinates | 26.8570° S, 99.0869° W |
| What is there | South Pacific Ocean 🌊 (open water) |
| Nearest land | Chile 🇨🇱 — 1,005 km (624 miles) away |
| Nearest town or city | Concepción, Chile — 2,686 km (1,669 miles) away |
| Distance straight through the Earth | 12,742 km (7,918 miles) |
Lucknow's antipode is in open water, in the South Pacific Ocean 🌊. The point lies roughly 1,005 km (624 miles) east of the nearest coast, which belongs to Chile 🇨🇱.
The closest settlement of any size is Concepción, Chile, about 2,686 km (1,669 miles) from the point.
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174 other cities on this list surface in the same place as Lucknow; the 10 largest are shown.
Worked out by flipping the latitude across the equator (26.8570° N becomes 26.8570° S) and shifting the longitude by 180° (80.9131° E becomes 99.0869° W). More on how antipodes work.
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