Dig straight down through the centre of the Earth from Sapporo, Japan 🇯🇵, home to about 2.54 million people, and you would surface in the 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 the 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.
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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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