Dig straight down through the centre of the Earth from Sapporo, Japan 🇯🇵, home to about 2.54 million people, and you would surface in South Atlantic Ocean 🌊, at 43.0769° S, 38.6619° 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 | Sapporo, Japan 🇯🇵 |
|---|---|
| City coordinates | 43.0769° N, 141.3381° E |
| Antipode coordinates | 43.0769° S, 38.6619° W |
| What is there | South Atlantic Ocean 🌊 (open water) |
| Nearest land | South Georgia and the Islands 🇬🇸 — 1,215 km (755 miles) away |
| Nearest town or city | Mar del Plata, Argentina — 1,691 km (1,051 miles) away |
| Distance straight through the Earth | 12,742 km (7,918 miles) |
Sapporo's antipode is in open water, in South Atlantic Ocean 🌊. The point lies roughly 1,215 km (755 miles) north of the nearest coast, which belongs to South Georgia and the Islands 🇬🇸.
The closest settlement of any size is Mar del Plata, Argentina, about 1,691 km (1,051 miles) from the point.
23 other cities on this list surface in the same place as Sapporo; the 10 largest are shown.
Worked out by flipping the latitude across the equator (43.0769° N becomes 43.0769° S) and shifting the longitude by 180° (141.3381° E becomes 38.6619° W). More on how antipodes work.
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