Dig straight down through the centre of the Earth from Phnom Penh, Cambodia 🇰🇭, home to about 1.47 million people, and you would surface in Peru 🇵🇪, at 11.5520° S, 75.0853° W. That puts Phnom Penh among the 66 cities on this list — out of 391 — whose antipode is dry land rather than water.
| City | Phnom Penh, Cambodia 🇰🇭 |
|---|---|
| City coordinates | 11.5520° N, 104.9147° E |
| Antipode coordinates | 11.5520° S, 75.0853° W |
| What is there | Peru 🇵🇪 |
| Nearest town or city | Huancayo, Peru — 60 km (37 miles) away |
| Distance straight through the Earth | 12,742 km (7,918 miles) |
Phnom Penh's antipode falls on dry land, inside Peru 🇵🇪. The closest town or city to that point is Huancayo, Peru, about 60 km (37 miles) away.
2 other cities on this list surface in the same place as Phnom Penh.
Worked out by flipping the latitude across the equator (11.5520° N becomes 11.5520° S) and shifting the longitude by 180° (104.9147° E becomes 75.0853° W). More on how antipodes work.
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