Dig straight down through the centre of the Earth from Omdurman, Sudan 🇸🇩, home to about 2.40 million people, and you would surface in the South Pacific Ocean 🌊, at 15.6167° S, 147.5200° 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 | Omdurman, Sudan 🇸🇩 |
|---|---|
| City coordinates | 15.6167° N, 32.4800° E |
| Antipode coordinates | 15.6167° S, 147.5200° W |
| What is there | South Pacific Ocean 🌊 (open water) |
| Nearest land | French Polynesia 🇵🇫 — 210 km (130 miles) away |
| Nearest town or city | Papeete, French Polynesia — 305 km (190 miles) away |
| Distance straight through the Earth | 12,742 km (7,918 miles) |
Omdurman's antipode is in open water, in the South Pacific Ocean 🌊. The point lies roughly 210 km (130 miles) west of the nearest coast, which belongs to French Polynesia 🇵🇫.
The closest settlement of any size is Papeete, French Polynesia, about 305 km (190 miles) from the point.
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174 other cities on this list surface in the same place as Omdurman; the 10 largest are shown.
Worked out by flipping the latitude across the equator (15.6167° N becomes 15.6167° S) and shifting the longitude by 180° (32.4800° E becomes 147.5200° W). More on how antipodes work.
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