Dig straight down through the centre of the Earth from Manila, Philippines 🇵🇭, home to about 11.1 million people, and you would surface in Brazil 🇧🇷, at 14.6061° S, 59.0197° W. That puts Manila among the 66 cities on this list — out of 391 — whose antipode is dry land rather than water.
| City | Manila, Philippines 🇵🇭 |
|---|---|
| City coordinates | 14.6061° N, 120.9803° E |
| Antipode coordinates | 14.6061° S, 59.0197° W |
| What is there | Brazil 🇧🇷 |
| Nearest town or city | Vilhena, Brazil — 241 km (150 miles) away |
| Distance straight through the Earth | 12,742 km (7,918 miles) |
Manila's antipode falls on dry land, inside Brazil 🇧🇷. The closest town or city to that point is Vilhena, Brazil, about 241 km (150 miles) away.
2 other cities on this list surface in the same place as Manila.
Worked out by flipping the latitude across the equator (14.6061° N becomes 14.6061° S) and shifting the longitude by 180° (120.9803° E becomes 59.0197° W). More on how antipodes work.
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