Dig straight down through the centre of the Earth from Maracaibo, Venezuela 🇻🇪, home to about 2.07 million people, and you would surface in the Indian Ocean 🌊, at 10.7319° S, 108.3381° 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 | Maracaibo, Venezuela 🇻🇪 |
|---|---|
| City coordinates | 10.7319° N, 71.6619° W |
| Antipode coordinates | 10.7319° S, 108.3381° E |
| What is there | Indian Ocean 🌊 (open water) |
| Nearest land | Indian Ocean Territories 🇦🇺 — 287 km (178 miles) away |
| Nearest town or city | Bandung, Indonesia — 429 km (267 miles) away |
| Distance straight through the Earth | 12,742 km (7,918 miles) |
Maracaibo's antipode is in open water, in the Indian Ocean 🌊. The point lies roughly 287 km (178 miles) east of the nearest coast, which belongs to Indian Ocean Territories 🇦🇺.
The closest settlement of any size is Bandung, Indonesia, about 429 km (267 miles) from the point.
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63 other cities on this list surface in the same place as Maracaibo; the 10 largest are shown.
Worked out by flipping the latitude across the equator (10.7319° N becomes 10.7319° S) and shifting the longitude by 180° (71.6619° W becomes 108.3381° E). More on how antipodes work.
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