Dig straight down through the centre of the Earth from Porto Alegre, Brazil 🇧🇷, home to about 3.92 million people, and you would surface in the East China Sea 🌊, at 30.0481° N, 128.7980° 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 | Porto Alegre, Brazil 🇧🇷 |
|---|---|
| City coordinates | 30.0481° S, 51.2020° W |
| Antipode coordinates | 30.0481° N, 128.7980° E |
| What is there | East China Sea 🌊 (open water) |
| Nearest land | Japan 🇯🇵 — 157 km (98 miles) away |
| Nearest town or city | Nagasaki, Japan — 319 km (198 miles) away |
| Distance straight through the Earth | 12,742 km (7,918 miles) |
Porto Alegre's antipode is in open water, in the East China Sea 🌊. The point lies roughly 157 km (98 miles) west of the nearest coast, which belongs to Japan 🇯🇵.
The closest settlement of any size is Nagasaki, Japan, about 319 km (198 miles) from the point.
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One other city on this list surfaces in the same place as Porto Alegre.
Worked out by flipping the latitude across the equator (30.0481° S becomes 30.0481° N) and shifting the longitude by 180° (51.2020° W becomes 128.7980° E). More on how antipodes work.
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