Dig straight down through the centre of the Earth from Pristina, Kosovo 🌍, home to about 465,000 people, and you would surface in South Pacific Ocean 🌊, at 42.6667° S, 158.8340° 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 | Pristina, Kosovo 🌍 |
|---|---|
| City coordinates | 42.6667° N, 21.1660° E |
| Antipode coordinates | 42.6667° S, 158.8340° W |
| What is there | South Pacific Ocean 🌊 (open water) |
| Nearest land | New Zealand 🇳🇿 — 1,404 km (872 miles) away |
| Nearest town or city | Napier, New Zealand — 2,055 km (1,277 miles) away |
| Distance straight through the Earth | 12,742 km (7,918 miles) |
Pristina's antipode is in open water, in South Pacific Ocean 🌊. The point lies roughly 1,404 km (872 miles) east of the nearest coast, which belongs to New Zealand 🇳🇿.
The closest settlement of any size is Napier, New Zealand, about 2,055 km (1,277 miles) from the point.
174 other cities on this list surface in the same place as Pristina; the 10 largest are shown.
Worked out by flipping the latitude across the equator (42.6667° N becomes 42.6667° S) and shifting the longitude by 180° (21.1660° E becomes 158.8340° W). More on how antipodes work.
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