Dig straight down through the centre of the Earth from Patna, India 🇮🇳, home to about 2.16 million people, and you would surface in the South Pacific Ocean 🌊, at 25.6269° S, 94.8719° 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 | Patna, India 🇮🇳 |
|---|---|
| City coordinates | 25.6269° N, 85.1281° E |
| Antipode coordinates | 25.6269° S, 94.8719° W |
| What is there | South Pacific Ocean 🌊 (open water) |
| Nearest land | Chile 🇨🇱 — 1,438 km (894 miles) away |
| Nearest town or city | La Serena, Chile — 2,368 km (1,471 miles) away |
| Distance straight through the Earth | 12,742 km (7,918 miles) |
Patna's antipode is in open water, in the South Pacific Ocean 🌊. The point lies roughly 1,438 km (894 miles) east of the nearest coast, which belongs to Chile 🇨🇱.
The closest settlement of any size is La Serena, Chile, about 2,368 km (1,471 miles) from the point.
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174 other cities on this list surface in the same place as Patna; the 10 largest are shown.
Worked out by flipping the latitude across the equator (25.6269° N becomes 25.6269° S) and shifting the longitude by 180° (85.1281° E becomes 94.8719° W). More on how antipodes work.
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