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 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 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.
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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