Dig straight down through the centre of the Earth from Medellín, Colombia 🇨🇴, home to about 3.30 million people, and you would surface in 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 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.
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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