Dig straight down through the centre of the Earth from Salvador, Brazil 🇧🇷, home to about 3.48 million people, and you would surface in Philippine Sea 🌊, at 12.9680° N, 141.5181° 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 | Salvador, Brazil 🇧🇷 |
|---|---|
| City coordinates | 12.9680° S, 38.4819° W |
| Antipode coordinates | 12.9680° N, 141.5181° E |
| What is there | Philippine Sea 🌊 (open water) |
| Nearest land | Guam 🇬🇺 — 341 km (212 miles) away |
| Nearest town or city | Agana, Guam — 354 km (220 miles) away |
| Distance straight through the Earth | 12,742 km (7,918 miles) |
Salvador's antipode is in open water, in Philippine Sea 🌊. The point lies roughly 341 km (212 miles) west of the nearest coast, which belongs to Guam 🇬🇺.
The closest settlement of any size is Agana, Guam, about 354 km (220 miles) from the point.
7 other cities on this list surface in the same place as Salvador.
Worked out by flipping the latitude across the equator (12.9680° S becomes 12.9680° N) and shifting the longitude by 180° (38.4819° W becomes 141.5181° E). More on how antipodes work.
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