Dig straight down through the centre of the Earth from San Salvador, El Salvador 🇸🇻, home to about 1.43 million people, and you would surface in Indian Ocean 🌊, at 13.7119° S, 90.7950° 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 Salvador, El Salvador 🇸🇻 |
|---|---|
| City coordinates | 13.7119° N, 89.2050° W |
| Antipode coordinates | 13.7119° S, 90.7950° E |
| What is there | Indian Ocean 🌊 (open water) |
| Nearest land | Indian Ocean Territories 🇦🇺 — 676 km (420 miles) away |
| Nearest town or city | Padang, Indonesia — 1,766 km (1,097 miles) away |
| Distance straight through the Earth | 12,742 km (7,918 miles) |
San Salvador's antipode is in open water, in Indian Ocean 🌊. The point lies roughly 676 km (420 miles) west of the nearest coast, which belongs to Indian Ocean Territories 🇦🇺.
The closest settlement of any size is Padang, Indonesia, about 1,766 km (1,097 miles) from the point.
63 other cities on this list surface in the same place as San Salvador; the 10 largest are shown.
Worked out by flipping the latitude across the equator (13.7119° N becomes 13.7119° S) and shifting the longitude by 180° (89.2050° W becomes 90.7950° E). More on how antipodes work.
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