Dig straight down through the centre of the Earth from Nuku'alofa, Tonga 🇹🇴, home to about 43,000 people, and you would surface in Algeria 🇩🇿, at 21.1385° N, 4.7794° E. That puts Nuku'alofa among the 66 cities on this list — out of 391 — whose antipode is dry land rather than water.
| City | Nuku'alofa, Tonga 🇹🇴 |
|---|---|
| City coordinates | 21.1385° S, 175.2206° W |
| Antipode coordinates | 21.1385° N, 4.7794° E |
| What is there | Algeria 🇩🇿 |
| Nearest town or city | Tamanrasset, Algeria — 198 km (123 miles) away |
| Distance straight through the Earth | 12,742 km (7,918 miles) |
Nuku'alofa's antipode falls on dry land, inside Algeria 🇩🇿. The closest town or city to that point is Tamanrasset, Algeria, about 198 km (123 miles) away.
No other city on this list surfaces in Algeria — Nuku'alofa has it to itself.
Worked out by flipping the latitude across the equator (21.1385° S becomes 21.1385° N) and shifting the longitude by 180° (175.2206° W becomes 4.7794° E). More on how antipodes work.
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