Dig straight down through the centre of the Earth from New York, United States of America 🇺🇸, home to about 19.0 million people, and you would surface in the Indian Ocean 🌊, at 40.7519° S, 106.0180° 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 | New York, United States of America 🇺🇸 |
|---|---|
| City coordinates | 40.7519° N, 73.9820° W |
| Antipode coordinates | 40.7519° S, 106.0180° E |
| What is there | Indian Ocean 🌊 (open water) |
| Nearest land | Australia 🇦🇺 — 1,072 km (666 miles) away |
| Nearest town or city | Busselton, Australia — 1,141 km (709 miles) away |
| Distance straight through the Earth | 12,742 km (7,918 miles) |
New York's antipode is in open water, in the Indian Ocean 🌊. The point lies roughly 1,072 km (666 miles) south-west of the nearest coast, which belongs to Australia 🇦🇺.
The closest settlement of any size is Busselton, Australia, about 1,141 km (709 miles) from the point.
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63 other cities on this list surface in the same place as New York; the 10 largest are shown.
Worked out by flipping the latitude across the equator (40.7519° N becomes 40.7519° S) and shifting the longitude by 180° (73.9820° W becomes 106.0180° E). More on how antipodes work.
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