Dig straight down through the centre of the Earth from Singapore, Singapore 🇸🇬, home to about 5.18 million people, and you would surface in Ecuador 🇪🇨, at 1.2950° S, 76.1461° W. That puts Singapore among the 66 cities on this list — out of 391 — whose antipode is dry land rather than water.
| City | Singapore, Singapore 🇸🇬 |
|---|---|
| City coordinates | 1.2950° N, 103.8539° E |
| Antipode coordinates | 1.2950° S, 76.1461° W |
| What is there | Ecuador 🇪🇨 |
| Nearest town or city | Quito, Ecuador — 288 km (179 miles) away |
| Distance straight through the Earth | 12,742 km (7,918 miles) |
Singapore's antipode falls on dry land, inside Ecuador 🇪🇨. The closest town or city to that point is Quito, Ecuador, about 288 km (179 miles) away.
One other city on this list surfaces in the same place as Singapore.
Worked out by flipping the latitude across the equator (1.2950° N becomes 1.2950° S) and shifting the longitude by 180° (103.8539° E becomes 76.1461° W). More on how antipodes work.
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