Dig straight down through the centre of the Earth from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 🇧🇷, home to about 11.7 million people, and you would surface in Philippine Sea 🌊, at 22.9231° N, 136.7730° 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 | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 🇧🇷 |
|---|---|
| City coordinates | 22.9231° S, 43.2270° W |
| Antipode coordinates | 22.9231° N, 136.7730° E |
| What is there | Philippine Sea 🌊 (open water) |
| Nearest land | Japan 🇯🇵 — 682 km (424 miles) away |
| Nearest town or city | Naha, Japan — 990 km (615 miles) away |
| Distance straight through the Earth | 12,742 km (7,918 miles) |
Rio de Janeiro's antipode is in open water, in Philippine Sea 🌊. The point lies roughly 682 km (424 miles) south-west of the nearest coast, which belongs to Japan 🇯🇵.
The closest settlement of any size is Naha, Japan, about 990 km (615 miles) from the point.
7 other cities on this list surface in the same place as Rio de Janeiro.
Worked out by flipping the latitude across the equator (22.9231° S becomes 22.9231° N) and shifting the longitude by 180° (43.2270° W becomes 136.7730° E). More on how antipodes work.
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