Dig straight down through the centre of the Earth from Panama City, Panama 🇵🇦, home to about 1.28 million people, and you would surface in the Indian Ocean 🌊, at 8.9700° S, 100.4650° 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 | Panama City, Panama 🇵🇦 |
|---|---|
| City coordinates | 8.9700° N, 79.5350° W |
| Antipode coordinates | 8.9700° S, 100.4650° E |
| What is there | Indian Ocean 🌊 (open water) |
| Nearest land | Indonesia 🇮🇩 — 437 km (272 miles) away |
| Nearest town or city | Bandar Lampung, Indonesia — 660 km (410 miles) away |
| Distance straight through the Earth | 12,742 km (7,918 miles) |
Panama City's antipode is in open water, in the Indian Ocean 🌊. The point lies roughly 437 km (272 miles) south-west of the nearest coast, which belongs to Indonesia 🇮🇩.
The closest settlement of any size is Bandar Lampung, Indonesia, about 660 km (410 miles) from the point.
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63 other cities on this list surface in the same place as Panama City; the 10 largest are shown.
Worked out by flipping the latitude across the equator (8.9700° N becomes 8.9700° S) and shifting the longitude by 180° (79.5350° W becomes 100.4650° E). More on how antipodes work.
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