Dig straight down through the centre of the Earth from Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic 🇩🇴, home to about 2.15 million people, and you would surface in the Indian Ocean 🌊, at 18.4720° S, 110.0980° 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 | Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic 🇩🇴 |
|---|---|
| City coordinates | 18.4720° N, 69.9020° W |
| Antipode coordinates | 18.4720° S, 110.0980° E |
| What is there | Indian Ocean 🌊 (open water) |
| Nearest land | Australia 🇦🇺 — 558 km (347 miles) away |
| Nearest town or city | Karratha, Australia — 752 km (467 miles) away |
| Distance straight through the Earth | 12,742 km (7,918 miles) |
Santo Domingo's antipode is in open water, in the Indian Ocean 🌊. The point lies roughly 558 km (347 miles) north-west of the nearest coast, which belongs to Australia 🇦🇺.
The closest settlement of any size is Karratha, Australia, about 752 km (467 miles) from the point.
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63 other cities on this list surface in the same place as Santo Domingo; the 10 largest are shown.
Worked out by flipping the latitude across the equator (18.4720° N becomes 18.4720° S) and shifting the longitude by 180° (69.9020° W becomes 110.0980° E). More on how antipodes work.
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