Dig straight down through the centre of the Earth from Quito, Ecuador 🇪🇨, home to about 1.70 million people, and you would surface in Indonesia 🇮🇩, at 0.2130° N, 101.4980° E. That puts Quito among the 66 cities on this list — out of 391 — whose antipode is dry land rather than water.
| City | Quito, Ecuador 🇪🇨 |
|---|---|
| City coordinates | 0.2130° S, 78.5020° W |
| Antipode coordinates | 0.2130° N, 101.4980° E |
| What is there | Indonesia 🇮🇩 |
| Nearest town or city | Padang, Indonesia — 182 km (113 miles) away |
| Distance straight through the Earth | 12,742 km (7,918 miles) |
Quito's antipode falls on dry land, inside Indonesia 🇮🇩. The closest town or city to that point is Padang, Indonesia, about 182 km (113 miles) away.
2 other cities on this list surface in the same place as Quito.
Worked out by flipping the latitude across the equator (0.2130° S becomes 0.2130° N) and shifting the longitude by 180° (78.5020° W becomes 101.4980° E). More on how antipodes work.
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