Dig straight down through the centre of the Earth from San José, Costa Rica 🇨🇷, home to about 1.28 million people, and you would surface in the Indian Ocean 🌊, at 9.9370° S, 95.9140° 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 | San José, Costa Rica 🇨🇷 |
|---|---|
| City coordinates | 9.9370° N, 84.0860° W |
| Antipode coordinates | 9.9370° S, 95.9140° E |
| What is there | Indian Ocean 🌊 (open water) |
| Nearest land | Indian Ocean Territories 🇦🇺 — 263 km (163 miles) away |
| Nearest town or city | Padang, Indonesia — 1,113 km (692 miles) away |
| Distance straight through the Earth | 12,742 km (7,918 miles) |
San José's antipode is in open water, in the Indian Ocean 🌊. The point lies roughly 263 km (163 miles) north of the nearest coast, which belongs to Indian Ocean Territories 🇦🇺.
The closest settlement of any size is Padang, Indonesia, about 1,113 km (692 miles) from the point.
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63 other cities on this list surface in the same place as San José; the 10 largest are shown.
Worked out by flipping the latitude across the equator (9.9370° N becomes 9.9370° S) and shifting the longitude by 180° (84.0860° W becomes 95.9140° E). More on how antipodes work.
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