Dig straight down through the centre of the Earth from San Marino, San Marino 🇸🇲, home to about 30,000 people, and you would surface in South Pacific Ocean 🌊, at 43.9361° S, 167.5582° W. 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 Marino, San Marino 🇸🇲 |
|---|---|
| City coordinates | 43.9361° N, 12.4418° E |
| Antipode coordinates | 43.9361° S, 167.5582° W |
| What is there | South Pacific Ocean 🌊 (open water) |
| Nearest land | New Zealand 🇳🇿 — 685 km (426 miles) away |
| Nearest town or city | Napier, New Zealand — 1,377 km (856 miles) away |
| Distance straight through the Earth | 12,742 km (7,918 miles) |
San Marino's antipode is in open water, in South Pacific Ocean 🌊. The point lies roughly 685 km (426 miles) east of the nearest coast, which belongs to New Zealand 🇳🇿.
The closest settlement of any size is Napier, New Zealand, about 1,377 km (856 miles) from the point.
174 other cities on this list surface in the same place as San Marino; the 10 largest are shown.
Worked out by flipping the latitude across the equator (43.9361° N becomes 43.9361° S) and shifting the longitude by 180° (12.4418° E becomes 167.5582° W). More on how antipodes work.
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