Dig straight down through the centre of the Earth from Mogadishu, Somalia 🇸🇴, home to about 1.10 million people, and you would surface in the South Pacific Ocean 🌊, at 2.0686° S, 134.6353° 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 | Mogadishu, Somalia 🇸🇴 |
|---|---|
| City coordinates | 2.0686° N, 45.3647° E |
| Antipode coordinates | 2.0686° S, 134.6353° W |
| What is there | South Pacific Ocean 🌊 (open water) |
| Nearest land | French Polynesia 🇵🇫 — 931 km (578 miles) away |
| Nearest town or city | Papeete, French Polynesia — 2,370 km (1,473 miles) away |
| Distance straight through the Earth | 12,742 km (7,918 miles) |
Mogadishu's antipode is in open water, in the South Pacific Ocean 🌊. The point lies roughly 931 km (578 miles) north-east of the nearest coast, which belongs to French Polynesia 🇵🇫.
The closest settlement of any size is Papeete, French Polynesia, about 2,370 km (1,473 miles) from the point.
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174 other cities on this list surface in the same place as Mogadishu; the 10 largest are shown.
Worked out by flipping the latitude across the equator (2.0686° N becomes 2.0686° S) and shifting the longitude by 180° (45.3647° E becomes 134.6353° W). More on how antipodes work.
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