Dig straight down through the centre of the Earth from Nouakchott, Mauritania 🇲🇷, home to about 742,000 people, and you would surface in Coral Sea 🌊, at 18.0864° S, 164.0247° 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 | Nouakchott, Mauritania 🇲🇷 |
|---|---|
| City coordinates | 18.0864° N, 15.9753° W |
| Antipode coordinates | 18.0864° S, 164.0247° E |
| What is there | Coral Sea 🌊 (open water) |
| Nearest land | New Caledonia 🇳🇨 — 229 km (142 miles) away |
| Nearest town or city | Port Vila, Vanuatu — 456 km (283 miles) away |
| Distance straight through the Earth | 12,742 km (7,918 miles) |
Nouakchott's antipode is in open water, in Coral Sea 🌊. The point lies roughly 229 km (142 miles) north of the nearest coast, which belongs to New Caledonia 🇳🇨.
The closest settlement of any size is Port Vila, Vanuatu, about 456 km (283 miles) from the point.
4 other cities on this list surface in the same place as Nouakchott.
Worked out by flipping the latitude across the equator (18.0864° N becomes 18.0864° S) and shifting the longitude by 180° (15.9753° W becomes 164.0247° E). More on how antipodes work.
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