Dig straight down through the centre of the Earth from Muscat, Oman 🇴🇲, home to about 735,000 people, and you would surface in the South Pacific Ocean 🌊, at 23.6133° S, 121.4067° 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 | Muscat, Oman 🇴🇲 |
|---|---|
| City coordinates | 23.6133° N, 58.5933° E |
| Antipode coordinates | 23.6133° S, 121.4067° W |
| What is there | South Pacific Ocean 🌊 (open water) |
| Nearest land | Pitcairn Islands 🇵🇳 — 704 km (437 miles) away |
| Nearest town or city | Papeete, French Polynesia — 3,003 km (1,866 miles) away |
| Distance straight through the Earth | 12,742 km (7,918 miles) |
Muscat's antipode is in open water, in the South Pacific Ocean 🌊. The point lies roughly 704 km (437 miles) east of the nearest coast, which belongs to Pitcairn Islands 🇵🇳.
The closest settlement of any size is Papeete, French Polynesia, about 3,003 km (1,866 miles) from the point.
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174 other cities on this list surface in the same place as Muscat; the 10 largest are shown.
Worked out by flipping the latitude across the equator (23.6133° N becomes 23.6133° S) and shifting the longitude by 180° (58.5933° E becomes 121.4067° W). More on how antipodes work.
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