Dig straight down through the centre of the Earth from Managua, Nicaragua 🇳🇮, home to about 920,000 people, and you would surface in the Indian Ocean 🌊, at 12.1550° S, 93.7296° 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 | Managua, Nicaragua 🇳🇮 |
|---|---|
| City coordinates | 12.1550° N, 86.2704° W |
| Antipode coordinates | 12.1550° S, 93.7296° E |
| What is there | Indian Ocean 🌊 (open water) |
| Nearest land | Indian Ocean Territories 🇦🇺 — 337 km (209 miles) away |
| Nearest town or city | Padang, Indonesia — 1,444 km (897 miles) away |
| Distance straight through the Earth | 12,742 km (7,918 miles) |
Managua's antipode is in open water, in the Indian Ocean 🌊. The point lies roughly 337 km (209 miles) west of the nearest coast, which belongs to Indian Ocean Territories 🇦🇺.
The closest settlement of any size is Padang, Indonesia, about 1,444 km (897 miles) from the point.
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63 other cities on this list surface in the same place as Managua; the 10 largest are shown.
Worked out by flipping the latitude across the equator (12.1550° N becomes 12.1550° S) and shifting the longitude by 180° (86.2704° W becomes 93.7296° E). More on how antipodes work.
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