Dig straight down through the centre of the Earth from Manchester, United Kingdom 🇬🇧, home to about 2.23 million people, and you would surface in the South Pacific Ocean 🌊, at 53.5024° S, 177.7501° 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 | Manchester, United Kingdom 🇬🇧 |
|---|---|
| City coordinates | 53.5024° N, 2.2499° W |
| Antipode coordinates | 53.5024° S, 177.7501° E |
| What is there | South Pacific Ocean 🌊 (open water) |
| Nearest land | New Zealand 🇳🇿 — 579 km (360 miles) away |
| Nearest town or city | Dunedin, New Zealand — 994 km (618 miles) away |
| Distance straight through the Earth | 12,742 km (7,918 miles) |
Manchester's antipode is in open water, in the South Pacific Ocean 🌊. The point lies roughly 579 km (360 miles) east of the nearest coast, which belongs to New Zealand 🇳🇿.
The closest settlement of any size is Dunedin, New Zealand, about 994 km (618 miles) from the point.
Learn more about the South Pacific Ocean →
174 other cities on this list surface in the same place as Manchester; the 10 largest are shown.
Worked out by flipping the latitude across the equator (53.5024° N becomes 53.5024° S) and shifting the longitude by 180° (2.2499° W becomes 177.7501° E). More on how antipodes work.
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