Dig straight down through the centre of the Earth from Stockholm, Sweden 🇸🇪, home to about 1.26 million people, and you would surface in South Pacific Ocean 🌊, at 59.3527° S, 161.9046° 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 | Stockholm, Sweden 🇸🇪 |
|---|---|
| City coordinates | 59.3527° N, 18.0954° E |
| Antipode coordinates | 59.3527° S, 161.9046° W |
| What is there | South Pacific Ocean 🌊 (open water) |
| Nearest land | Antarctica 🇦🇶 — 1,839 km (1,143 miles) away |
| Nearest town or city | Zucchelli Station, Antarctica — 2,185 km (1,358 miles) away |
| Distance straight through the Earth | 12,742 km (7,918 miles) |
Stockholm's antipode is in open water, in South Pacific Ocean 🌊. The point lies roughly 1,839 km (1,143 miles) north-east of the nearest coast, which belongs to Antarctica 🇦🇶 — far enough out that no shore would be visible from it.
The closest settlement of any size is Zucchelli Station, Antarctica, about 2,185 km (1,358 miles) from the point.
174 other cities on this list surface in the same place as Stockholm; the 10 largest are shown.
Worked out by flipping the latitude across the equator (59.3527° N becomes 59.3527° S) and shifting the longitude by 180° (18.0954° E becomes 161.9046° W). More on how antipodes work.
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