Dig straight down through the centre of the Earth from Seoul, South Korea 🇰🇷, home to about 9.80 million people, and you would surface in the South Atlantic Ocean 🌊, at 37.5683° S, 53.0022° 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 | Seoul, South Korea 🇰🇷 |
|---|---|
| City coordinates | 37.5683° N, 126.9978° E |
| Antipode coordinates | 37.5683° S, 53.0022° W |
| What is there | South Atlantic Ocean 🌊 (open water) |
| Nearest land | Argentina 🇦🇷 — 335 km (208 miles) away |
| Nearest town or city | Mar del Plata, Argentina — 405 km (252 miles) away |
| Distance straight through the Earth | 12,742 km (7,918 miles) |
Seoul's antipode is in open water, in the South Atlantic Ocean 🌊. The point lies roughly 335 km (208 miles) east of the nearest coast, which belongs to Argentina 🇦🇷.
The closest settlement of any size is Mar del Plata, Argentina, about 405 km (252 miles) from the point.
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23 other cities on this list surface in the same place as Seoul; the 10 largest are shown.
Worked out by flipping the latitude across the equator (37.5683° N becomes 37.5683° S) and shifting the longitude by 180° (126.9978° E becomes 53.0022° W). More on how antipodes work.
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