Dig straight down through the centre of the Earth from San Juan, Puerto Rico 🇵🇷, home to about 2.48 million people, and you would surface in the Indian Ocean 🌊, at 18.4400° S, 113.8700° 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 Juan, Puerto Rico 🇵🇷 |
|---|---|
| City coordinates | 18.4400° N, 66.1300° W |
| Antipode coordinates | 18.4400° S, 113.8700° E |
| What is there | Indian Ocean 🌊 (open water) |
| Nearest land | Australia 🇦🇺 — 297 km (185 miles) away |
| Nearest town or city | Karratha, Australia — 404 km (251 miles) away |
| Distance straight through the Earth | 12,742 km (7,918 miles) |
San Juan's antipode is in open water, in the Indian Ocean 🌊. The point lies roughly 297 km (185 miles) north-west of the nearest coast, which belongs to Australia 🇦🇺.
The closest settlement of any size is Karratha, Australia, about 404 km (251 miles) from the point.
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63 other cities on this list surface in the same place as San Juan; the 10 largest are shown.
Worked out by flipping the latitude across the equator (18.4400° N becomes 18.4400° S) and shifting the longitude by 180° (66.1300° W becomes 113.8700° E). More on how antipodes work.
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