Dig straight down through the centre of the Earth from Skopje, North Macedonia 🇲🇰, home to about 494,000 people, and you would surface in the South Pacific Ocean 🌊, at 42.0000° S, 158.5665° 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 | Skopje, North Macedonia 🇲🇰 |
|---|---|
| City coordinates | 42.0000° N, 21.4335° E |
| Antipode coordinates | 42.0000° S, 158.5665° W |
| What is there | South Pacific Ocean 🌊 (open water) |
| Nearest land | New Zealand 🇳🇿 — 1,445 km (898 miles) away |
| Nearest town or city | Napier, New Zealand — 2,076 km (1,290 miles) away |
| Distance straight through the Earth | 12,742 km (7,918 miles) |
Skopje's antipode is in open water, in the South Pacific Ocean 🌊. The point lies roughly 1,445 km (898 miles) east of the nearest coast, which belongs to New Zealand 🇳🇿.
The closest settlement of any size is Napier, New Zealand, about 2,076 km (1,290 miles) from the point.
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174 other cities on this list surface in the same place as Skopje; the 10 largest are shown.
Worked out by flipping the latitude across the equator (42.0000° N becomes 42.0000° S) and shifting the longitude by 180° (21.4335° E becomes 158.5665° W). More on how antipodes work.
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