Dig straight down through the centre of the Earth from Sucre, Bolivia 🇧🇴, home to about 225,000 people, and you would surface in South China Sea 🌊, at 19.0410° N, 114.7405° E. Like most of the planet, that spot is open ocean; only 66 of the 391 cities listed here have an antipode on land.
| City | Sucre, Bolivia 🇧🇴 |
|---|---|
| City coordinates | 19.0410° S, 65.2595° W |
| Antipode coordinates | 19.0410° N, 114.7405° E |
| What is there | South China Sea 🌊 (open water) |
| Nearest land | China 🇨🇳 — 349 km (217 miles) away |
| Nearest town or city | Hong Kong, Hong Kong S.A.R. — 368 km (229 miles) away |
| Distance straight through the Earth | 12,742 km (7,918 miles) |
Sucre's antipode is in open water, in South China Sea 🌊. The point lies roughly 349 km (217 miles) south-east of the nearest coast, which belongs to China 🇨🇳.
The closest settlement of any size is Hong Kong, Hong Kong S.A.R., about 368 km (229 miles) from the point.
2 other cities on this list surface in the same place as Sucre.
Worked out by flipping the latitude across the equator (19.0410° S becomes 19.0410° N) and shifting the longitude by 180° (65.2595° W becomes 114.7405° E). More on how antipodes work.
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