Dig straight down through the centre of the Earth from Roseau, Dominica 🇩🇲, home to about 23,000 people, and you would surface in the Indian Ocean 🌊, at 15.3010° S, 118.6130° 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 | Roseau, Dominica 🇩🇲 |
|---|---|
| City coordinates | 15.3010° N, 61.3870° W |
| Antipode coordinates | 15.3010° S, 118.6130° E |
| What is there | Indian Ocean 🌊 (open water) |
| Nearest land | Australia 🇦🇺 — 440 km (273 miles) away |
| Nearest town or city | Broome, Australia — 486 km (302 miles) away |
| Distance straight through the Earth | 12,742 km (7,918 miles) |
Roseau's antipode is in open water, in the Indian Ocean 🌊. The point lies roughly 440 km (273 miles) north-west of the nearest coast, which belongs to Australia 🇦🇺.
The closest settlement of any size is Broome, Australia, about 486 km (302 miles) from the point.
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63 other cities on this list surface in the same place as Roseau; the 10 largest are shown.
Worked out by flipping the latitude across the equator (15.3010° N becomes 15.3010° S) and shifting the longitude by 180° (61.3870° W becomes 118.6130° E). More on how antipodes work.
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