Dig straight down through the centre of the Earth from Riga, Latvia 🇱🇻, home to about 743,000 people, and you would surface in South Pacific Ocean 🌊, at 56.9500° S, 155.9000° 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 | Riga, Latvia 🇱🇻 |
|---|---|
| City coordinates | 56.9500° N, 24.1000° E |
| Antipode coordinates | 56.9500° S, 155.9000° W |
| What is there | South Pacific Ocean 🌊 (open water) |
| Nearest land | New Zealand 🇳🇿 — 1,992 km (1,238 miles) away |
| Nearest town or city | Zucchelli Station, Antarctica — 2,579 km (1,603 miles) away |
| Distance straight through the Earth | 12,742 km (7,918 miles) |
Riga's antipode is in open water, in South Pacific Ocean 🌊. The point lies roughly 1,992 km (1,238 miles) south-east of the nearest coast, which belongs to New Zealand 🇳🇿 — far enough out that no shore would be visible from it.
The closest settlement of any size is Zucchelli Station, Antarctica, about 2,579 km (1,603 miles) from the point.
174 other cities on this list surface in the same place as Riga; the 10 largest are shown.
Worked out by flipping the latitude across the equator (56.9500° N becomes 56.9500° S) and shifting the longitude by 180° (24.1000° E becomes 155.9000° W). More on how antipodes work.
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