Dig straight down through the centre of the Earth from Medan, Indonesia 🇮🇩, home to about 2.12 million people, and you would surface in the South Pacific Ocean 🌊, at 3.5819° S, 81.3519° 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 | Medan, Indonesia 🇮🇩 |
|---|---|
| City coordinates | 3.5819° N, 98.6481° E |
| Antipode coordinates | 3.5819° S, 81.3519° W |
| What is there | South Pacific Ocean 🌊 (open water) |
| Nearest land | Peru 🇵🇪 — 60 km (37 miles) away |
| Nearest town or city | Piura, Peru — 198 km (123 miles) away |
| Distance straight through the Earth | 12,742 km (7,918 miles) |
Medan's antipode is in open water, in the South Pacific Ocean 🌊. The point lies roughly 60 km (37 miles) north-west of the nearest coast, which belongs to Peru 🇵🇪.
The closest settlement of any size is Piura, Peru, about 198 km (123 miles) from the point.
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174 other cities on this list surface in the same place as Medan; the 10 largest are shown.
Worked out by flipping the latitude across the equator (3.5819° N becomes 3.5819° S) and shifting the longitude by 180° (98.6481° E becomes 81.3519° W). More on how antipodes work.
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