Dig straight down through the centre of the Earth from Montréal, Canada 🇨🇦, home to about 3.68 million people, and you would surface in Indian Ocean 🌊, at 45.5019° S, 106.4148° 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 | Montréal, Canada 🇨🇦 |
|---|---|
| City coordinates | 45.5019° N, 73.5852° W |
| Antipode coordinates | 45.5019° S, 106.4148° E |
| What is there | Indian Ocean 🌊 (open water) |
| Nearest land | Australia 🇦🇺 — 1,448 km (900 miles) away |
| Nearest town or city | Albany, Australia — 1,516 km (942 miles) away |
| Distance straight through the Earth | 12,742 km (7,918 miles) |
Montréal's antipode is in open water, in Indian Ocean 🌊. The point lies roughly 1,448 km (900 miles) south-west of the nearest coast, which belongs to Australia 🇦🇺.
The closest settlement of any size is Albany, Australia, about 1,516 km (942 miles) from the point.
63 other cities on this list surface in the same place as Montréal; the 10 largest are shown.
Worked out by flipping the latitude across the equator (45.5019° N becomes 45.5019° S) and shifting the longitude by 180° (73.5852° W becomes 106.4148° E). More on how antipodes work.
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