Dig straight down through the centre of the Earth from Nanchong, China 🇨🇳, home to about 2.17 million people, and you would surface in the South Pacific Ocean 🌊, at 30.7824° S, 73.8719° 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 | Nanchong, China 🇨🇳 |
|---|---|
| City coordinates | 30.7824° N, 106.1281° E |
| Antipode coordinates | 30.7824° S, 73.8719° W |
| What is there | South Pacific Ocean 🌊 (open water) |
| Nearest land | Chile 🇨🇱 — 207 km (129 miles) away |
| Nearest town or city | La Serena, Chile — 270 km (168 miles) away |
| Distance straight through the Earth | 12,742 km (7,918 miles) |
Nanchong's antipode is in open water, in the South Pacific Ocean 🌊. The point lies roughly 207 km (129 miles) west of the nearest coast, which belongs to Chile 🇨🇱.
The closest settlement of any size is La Serena, Chile, about 270 km (168 miles) from the point.
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174 other cities on this list surface in the same place as Nanchong; the 10 largest are shown.
Worked out by flipping the latitude across the equator (30.7824° N becomes 30.7824° S) and shifting the longitude by 180° (106.1281° E becomes 73.8719° W). More on how antipodes work.
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