Dig straight down through the centre of the Earth from Montevideo, Uruguay 🇺🇾, home to about 1.51 million people, and you would surface in the Yellow Sea 🌊, at 34.8561° N, 123.8270° 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 | Montevideo, Uruguay 🇺🇾 |
|---|---|
| City coordinates | 34.8561° S, 56.1730° W |
| Antipode coordinates | 34.8561° N, 123.8270° E |
| What is there | Yellow Sea 🌊 (open water) |
| Nearest land | South Korea 🇰🇷 — 199 km (124 miles) away |
| Nearest town or city | Gwangju, South Korea — 283 km (176 miles) away |
| Distance straight through the Earth | 12,742 km (7,918 miles) |
Montevideo's antipode is in open water, in the Yellow Sea 🌊. The point lies roughly 199 km (124 miles) west of the nearest coast, which belongs to South Korea 🇰🇷.
The closest settlement of any size is Gwangju, South Korea, about 283 km (176 miles) from the point.
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One other city on this list surfaces in the same place as Montevideo.
Worked out by flipping the latitude across the equator (34.8561° S becomes 34.8561° N) and shifting the longitude by 180° (56.1730° W becomes 123.8270° E). More on how antipodes work.
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