Dig straight down through the centre of the Earth from Surabaya, Indonesia 🇮🇩, home to about 2.85 million people, and you would surface in Venezuela 🇻🇪, at 7.2473° N, 67.2511° W. That puts Surabaya among the 66 cities on this list — out of 391 — whose antipode is dry land rather than water.
| City | Surabaya, Indonesia 🇮🇩 |
|---|---|
| City coordinates | 7.2473° S, 112.7489° E |
| Antipode coordinates | 7.2473° N, 67.2511° W |
| What is there | Venezuela 🇻🇪 |
| Nearest town or city | Puerto Ayacucho, Venezuela — 181 km (112 miles) away |
| Distance straight through the Earth | 12,742 km (7,918 miles) |
Surabaya's antipode falls on dry land, inside Venezuela 🇻🇪. The closest town or city to that point is Puerto Ayacucho, Venezuela, about 181 km (112 miles) away.
No other city on this list surfaces in Venezuela — Surabaya has it to itself.
Worked out by flipping the latitude across the equator (7.2473° S becomes 7.2473° N) and shifting the longitude by 180° (112.7489° E becomes 67.2511° W). More on how antipodes work.
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