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 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 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.
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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