Dig straight down through the centre of the Earth from Riyadh, Saudi Arabia 🇸🇦, home to about 4.46 million people, and you would surface in the South Pacific Ocean 🌊, at 24.6428° S, 133.2292° 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 | Riyadh, Saudi Arabia 🇸🇦 |
|---|---|
| City coordinates | 24.6428° N, 46.7708° E |
| Antipode coordinates | 24.6428° S, 133.2292° W |
| What is there | South Pacific Ocean 🌊 (open water) |
| Nearest land | Pitcairn Islands 🇵🇳 — 495 km (308 miles) away |
| Nearest town or city | Papeete, French Polynesia — 1,868 km (1,161 miles) away |
| Distance straight through the Earth | 12,742 km (7,918 miles) |
Riyadh's antipode is in open water, in the South Pacific Ocean 🌊. The point lies roughly 495 km (308 miles) west of the nearest coast, which belongs to Pitcairn Islands 🇵🇳.
The closest settlement of any size is Papeete, French Polynesia, about 1,868 km (1,161 miles) from the point.
Learn more about the South Pacific Ocean →
174 other cities on this list surface in the same place as Riyadh; the 10 largest are shown.
Worked out by flipping the latitude across the equator (24.6428° N becomes 24.6428° S) and shifting the longitude by 180° (46.7708° E becomes 133.2292° W). More on how antipodes work.
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