Dig straight down through the centre of the Earth from Puebla, Mexico 🇲🇽, home to about 2.19 million people, and you would surface in Indian Ocean 🌊, at 19.0519° S, 81.7980° 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 | Puebla, Mexico 🇲🇽 |
|---|---|
| City coordinates | 19.0519° N, 98.2020° W |
| Antipode coordinates | 19.0519° S, 81.7980° E |
| What is there | Indian Ocean 🌊 (open water) |
| Nearest land | British Indian Ocean Territory 🇮🇴 — 1,640 km (1,019 miles) away |
| Nearest town or city | Port Louis, Mauritius — 2,546 km (1,582 miles) away |
| Distance straight through the Earth | 12,742 km (7,918 miles) |
Puebla's antipode is in open water, in Indian Ocean 🌊. The point lies roughly 1,640 km (1,019 miles) south-east of the nearest coast, which belongs to British Indian Ocean Territory 🇮🇴 — far enough out that no shore would be visible from it.
The closest settlement of any size is Port Louis, Mauritius, about 2,546 km (1,582 miles) from the point.
63 other cities on this list surface in the same place as Puebla; the 10 largest are shown.
Worked out by flipping the latitude across the equator (19.0519° N becomes 19.0519° S) and shifting the longitude by 180° (98.2020° W becomes 81.7980° E). More on how antipodes work.
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