Dig straight down through the centre of the Earth from Praia, Cape Verde 🇨🇻, home to about 113,000 people, and you would surface in Coral Sea 🌊, at 14.9167° S, 156.4833° 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 | Praia, Cape Verde 🇨🇻 |
|---|---|
| City coordinates | 14.9167° N, 23.5167° W |
| Antipode coordinates | 14.9167° S, 156.4833° E |
| What is there | Coral Sea 🌊 (open water) |
| Nearest land | Papua New Guinea 🇵🇬 — 457 km (284 miles) away |
| Nearest town or city | Honiara, Solomon Islands — 716 km (445 miles) away |
| Distance straight through the Earth | 12,742 km (7,918 miles) |
Praia's antipode is in open water, in Coral Sea 🌊. The point lies roughly 457 km (284 miles) south-east of the nearest coast, which belongs to Papua New Guinea 🇵🇬.
The closest settlement of any size is Honiara, Solomon Islands, about 716 km (445 miles) from the point.
4 other cities on this list surface in the same place as Praia.
Worked out by flipping the latitude across the equator (14.9167° N becomes 14.9167° S) and shifting the longitude by 180° (23.5167° W becomes 156.4833° E). More on how antipodes work.
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