Dig straight down through the centre of the Earth from Palembang, Indonesia 🇮🇩, home to about 1.75 million people, and you would surface in Colombia 🇨🇴, at 2.9781° N, 75.2519° W. That puts Palembang among the 66 cities on this list — out of 391 — whose antipode is dry land rather than water.
| City | Palembang, Indonesia 🇮🇩 |
|---|---|
| City coordinates | 2.9781° S, 104.7481° E |
| Antipode coordinates | 2.9781° N, 75.2519° W |
| What is there | Colombia 🇨🇴 |
| Nearest town or city | Cali, Colombia — 147 km (91 miles) away |
| Distance straight through the Earth | 12,742 km (7,918 miles) |
Palembang's antipode falls on dry land, inside Colombia 🇨🇴. The closest town or city to that point is Cali, Colombia, about 147 km (91 miles) away.
2 other cities on this list surface in the same place as Palembang.
Worked out by flipping the latitude across the equator (2.9781° S becomes 2.9781° N) and shifting the longitude by 180° (104.7481° E becomes 75.2519° W). More on how antipodes work.
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