Dig straight down through the centre of the Earth from Rabat, Morocco 🇲🇦, home to about 1.71 million people, and you would surface in the South Pacific Ocean 🌊, at 34.0253° S, 173.1636° 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 | Rabat, Morocco 🇲🇦 |
|---|---|
| City coordinates | 34.0253° N, 6.8364° W |
| Antipode coordinates | 34.0253° S, 173.1636° E |
| What is there | South Pacific Ocean 🌊 (open water) |
| Nearest land | New Zealand 🇳🇿 — 46 km (29 miles) away |
| Nearest town or city | Auckland, New Zealand — 346 km (215 miles) away |
| Distance straight through the Earth | 12,742 km (7,918 miles) |
Rabat's antipode is in open water, in the South Pacific Ocean 🌊. The point lies roughly 46 km (29 miles) north of the nearest coast, which belongs to New Zealand 🇳🇿.
The closest settlement of any size is Auckland, New Zealand, about 346 km (215 miles) from the point.
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174 other cities on this list surface in the same place as Rabat; the 10 largest are shown.
Worked out by flipping the latitude across the equator (34.0253° N becomes 34.0253° S) and shifting the longitude by 180° (6.8364° W becomes 173.1636° E). More on how antipodes work.
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