Dig straight down through the centre of the Earth from Santa Cruz, Bolivia 🇧🇴, home to about 2.10 million people, and you would surface in the South China Sea 🌊, at 17.7520° N, 116.7721° 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 | Santa Cruz, Bolivia 🇧🇴 |
|---|---|
| City coordinates | 17.7520° S, 63.2279° W |
| Antipode coordinates | 17.7520° N, 116.7721° E |
| What is there | South China Sea 🌊 (open water) |
| Nearest land | Philippines 🇵🇭 — 359 km (223 miles) away |
| Nearest town or city | Laoag, Philippines — 407 km (253 miles) away |
| Distance straight through the Earth | 12,742 km (7,918 miles) |
Santa Cruz's antipode is in open water, in the South China Sea 🌊. The point lies roughly 359 km (223 miles) north-west of the nearest coast, which belongs to Philippines 🇵🇭.
The closest settlement of any size is Laoag, Philippines, about 407 km (253 miles) from the point.
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2 other cities on this list surface in the same place as Santa Cruz.
Worked out by flipping the latitude across the equator (17.7520° S becomes 17.7520° N) and shifting the longitude by 180° (63.2279° W becomes 116.7721° E). More on how antipodes work.
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