Dig straight down through the centre of the Earth from Paramaribo, Suriname 🇸🇷, home to about 254,000 people, and you would surface in the Banda Sea 🌊, at 5.8350° S, 124.8330° 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 | Paramaribo, Suriname 🇸🇷 |
|---|---|
| City coordinates | 5.8350° N, 55.1670° W |
| Antipode coordinates | 5.8350° S, 124.8330° E |
| What is there | Banda Sea 🌊 (open water) |
| Nearest land | Indonesia 🇮🇩 — 88 km (55 miles) away |
| Nearest town or city | Dili, East Timor — 314 km (195 miles) away |
| Distance straight through the Earth | 12,742 km (7,918 miles) |
Paramaribo's antipode is in open water, in the Banda Sea 🌊. The point lies roughly 88 km (55 miles) east of the nearest coast, which belongs to Indonesia 🇮🇩.
The closest settlement of any size is Dili, East Timor, about 314 km (195 miles) from the point.
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One other city on this list surfaces in the same place as Paramaribo.
Worked out by flipping the latitude across the equator (5.8350° N becomes 5.8350° S) and shifting the longitude by 180° (55.1670° W becomes 124.8330° E). More on how antipodes work.
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