Dig straight down through the centre of the Earth from Medellín, Colombia 🇨🇴, home to about 3.30 million people, and you would surface in the Indian Ocean 🌊, at 6.2769° S, 104.4230° 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 | Medellín, Colombia 🇨🇴 |
|---|---|
| City coordinates | 6.2769° N, 75.5770° W |
| Antipode coordinates | 6.2769° S, 104.4230° E |
| What is there | Indian Ocean 🌊 (open water) |
| Nearest land | Indonesia 🇮🇩 — 46 km (29 miles) away |
| Nearest town or city | Bandar Lampung, Indonesia — 133 km (83 miles) away |
| Distance straight through the Earth | 12,742 km (7,918 miles) |
Medellín's antipode is in open water, in the Indian Ocean 🌊. The point lies roughly 46 km (29 miles) south-west of the nearest coast, which belongs to Indonesia 🇮🇩.
The closest settlement of any size is Bandar Lampung, Indonesia, about 133 km (83 miles) from the point.
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63 other cities on this list surface in the same place as Medellín; the 10 largest are shown.
Worked out by flipping the latitude across the equator (6.2769° N becomes 6.2769° S) and shifting the longitude by 180° (75.5770° W becomes 104.4230° E). More on how antipodes work.
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