Dig straight down through the centre of the Earth from Niamey, Niger 🇳🇪, home to about 915,000 people, and you would surface in the South Pacific Ocean 🌊, at 13.5187° S, 177.8853° 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 | Niamey, Niger 🇳🇪 |
|---|---|
| City coordinates | 13.5187° N, 2.1147° E |
| Antipode coordinates | 13.5187° S, 177.8853° W |
| What is there | South Pacific Ocean 🌊 (open water) |
| Nearest land | Wallis and Futuna 🇼🇫 — 85 km (53 miles) away |
| Nearest town or city | Funafuti, Tuvalu — 640 km (398 miles) away |
| Distance straight through the Earth | 12,742 km (7,918 miles) |
Niamey's antipode is in open water, in the South Pacific Ocean 🌊. The point lies roughly 85 km (53 miles) north of the nearest coast, which belongs to Wallis and Futuna 🇼🇫.
The closest settlement of any size is Funafuti, Tuvalu, about 640 km (398 miles) from the point.
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174 other cities on this list surface in the same place as Niamey; the 10 largest are shown.
Worked out by flipping the latitude across the equator (13.5187° N becomes 13.5187° S) and shifting the longitude by 180° (2.1147° E becomes 177.8853° W). More on how antipodes work.
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