Dig straight down through the centre of the Earth from Saint George's, Grenada 🇬🇩, home to about 34,000 people, and you would surface in the Indian Ocean 🌊, at 12.0526° S, 118.2584° 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 | Saint George's, Grenada 🇬🇩 |
|---|---|
| City coordinates | 12.0526° N, 61.7416° W |
| Antipode coordinates | 12.0526° S, 118.2584° E |
| What is there | Indian Ocean 🌊 (open water) |
| Nearest land | Indonesia 🇮🇩 — 276 km (171 miles) away |
| Nearest town or city | Raba, Indonesia — 404 km (251 miles) away |
| Distance straight through the Earth | 12,742 km (7,918 miles) |
Saint George's's antipode is in open water, in the Indian Ocean 🌊. The point lies roughly 276 km (171 miles) south of the nearest coast, which belongs to Indonesia 🇮🇩.
The closest settlement of any size is Raba, Indonesia, about 404 km (251 miles) from the point.
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63 other cities on this list surface in the same place as Saint George's; the 10 largest are shown.
Worked out by flipping the latitude across the equator (12.0526° N becomes 12.0526° S) and shifting the longitude by 180° (61.7416° W becomes 118.2584° E). More on how antipodes work.
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