Dig straight down through the centre of the Earth from Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso 🇧🇫, home to about 1.15 million people, and you would surface in the South Pacific Ocean 🌊, at 12.3723° S, 178.4733° 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 | Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso 🇧🇫 |
|---|---|
| City coordinates | 12.3723° N, 1.5267° W |
| Antipode coordinates | 12.3723° S, 178.4733° E |
| What is there | South Pacific Ocean 🌊 (open water) |
| Nearest land | Fiji 🇫🇯 — 147 km (91 miles) away |
| Nearest town or city | Funafuti, Tuvalu — 436 km (271 miles) away |
| Distance straight through the Earth | 12,742 km (7,918 miles) |
Ouagadougou's antipode is in open water, in the South Pacific Ocean 🌊. The point lies roughly 147 km (91 miles) east of the nearest coast, which belongs to Fiji 🇫🇯.
The closest settlement of any size is Funafuti, Tuvalu, about 436 km (271 miles) from the point.
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174 other cities on this list surface in the same place as Ouagadougou; the 10 largest are shown.
Worked out by flipping the latitude across the equator (12.3723° N becomes 12.3723° S) and shifting the longitude by 180° (1.5267° W becomes 178.4733° E). More on how antipodes work.
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