Dig straight down through the centre of the Earth from Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea 🇵🇬, home to about 284,000 people, and you would surface in the North Atlantic Ocean 🌊, at 9.4647° N, 32.8075° 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 | Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea 🇵🇬 |
|---|---|
| City coordinates | 9.4647° S, 147.1925° E |
| Antipode coordinates | 9.4647° N, 32.8075° W |
| What is there | North Atlantic Ocean 🌊 (open water) |
| Nearest land | Cabo Verde 🇨🇻 — 1,085 km (674 miles) away |
| Nearest town or city | Praia, Cape Verde — 1,177 km (731 miles) away |
| Distance straight through the Earth | 12,742 km (7,918 miles) |
Port Moresby's antipode is in open water, in the North Atlantic Ocean 🌊. The point lies roughly 1,085 km (674 miles) south-west of the nearest coast, which belongs to Cabo Verde 🇨🇻.
The closest settlement of any size is Praia, Cape Verde, about 1,177 km (731 miles) from the point.
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6 other cities on this list surface in the same place as Port Moresby.
Worked out by flipping the latitude across the equator (9.4647° S becomes 9.4647° N) and shifting the longitude by 180° (147.1925° E becomes 32.8075° W). More on how antipodes work.
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