Dig straight down through the centre of the Earth from Monrovia, Liberia 🇱🇷, home to about 1.04 million people, and you would surface in the South Pacific Ocean 🌊, at 6.3146° S, 169.2003° 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 | Monrovia, Liberia 🇱🇷 |
|---|---|
| City coordinates | 6.3146° N, 10.7997° W |
| Antipode coordinates | 6.3146° S, 169.2003° E |
| What is there | South Pacific Ocean 🌊 (open water) |
| Nearest land | Solomon Islands 🇸🇧 — 590 km (367 miles) away |
| Nearest town or city | Tarawa, Kiribati — 951 km (591 miles) away |
| Distance straight through the Earth | 12,742 km (7,918 miles) |
Monrovia's antipode is in open water, in the South Pacific Ocean 🌊. The point lies roughly 590 km (367 miles) north-east of the nearest coast, which belongs to Solomon Islands 🇸🇧.
The closest settlement of any size is Tarawa, Kiribati, about 951 km (591 miles) from the point.
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174 other cities on this list surface in the same place as Monrovia; the 10 largest are shown.
Worked out by flipping the latitude across the equator (6.3146° N becomes 6.3146° S) and shifting the longitude by 180° (10.7997° W becomes 169.2003° E). More on how antipodes work.
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