Dig straight down through the centre of the Earth from New Delhi, India 🇮🇳, home to about 318,000 people, and you would surface in South Pacific Ocean 🌊, at 28.6000° S, 102.8000° 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 | New Delhi, India 🇮🇳 |
|---|---|
| City coordinates | 28.6000° N, 77.2000° E |
| Antipode coordinates | 28.6000° S, 102.8000° W |
| What is there | South Pacific Ocean 🌊 (open water) |
| Nearest land | Chile 🇨🇱 — 653 km (406 miles) away |
| Nearest town or city | Concepción, Chile — 2,916 km (1,812 miles) away |
| Distance straight through the Earth | 12,742 km (7,918 miles) |
New Delhi's antipode is in open water, in South Pacific Ocean 🌊. The point lies roughly 653 km (406 miles) east of the nearest coast, which belongs to Chile 🇨🇱.
The closest settlement of any size is Concepción, Chile, about 2,916 km (1,812 miles) from the point.
174 other cities on this list surface in the same place as New Delhi; the 10 largest are shown.
Worked out by flipping the latitude across the equator (28.6000° N becomes 28.6000° S) and shifting the longitude by 180° (77.2000° E becomes 102.8000° W). More on how antipodes work.
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