Dig straight down through the centre of the Earth from Port Vila, Vanuatu 🇻🇺, home to about 44,000 people, and you would surface in Mauritania 🇲🇷, at 17.7334° N, 11.6834° W. That puts Port Vila among the 66 cities on this list — out of 391 — whose antipode is dry land rather than water.
| City | Port Vila, Vanuatu 🇻🇺 |
|---|---|
| City coordinates | 17.7334° S, 168.3166° E |
| Antipode coordinates | 17.7334° N, 11.6834° W |
| What is there | Mauritania 🇲🇷 |
| Nearest town or city | Ayoun el Atrous, Mauritania — 250 km (155 miles) away |
| Distance straight through the Earth | 12,742 km (7,918 miles) |
Port Vila's antipode falls on dry land, inside Mauritania 🇲🇷. The closest town or city to that point is Ayoun el Atrous, Mauritania, about 250 km (155 miles) away.
No other city on this list surfaces in Mauritania — Port Vila has it to itself.
Worked out by flipping the latitude across the equator (17.7334° S becomes 17.7334° N) and shifting the longitude by 180° (168.3166° E becomes 11.6834° W). More on how antipodes work.
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