Dig straight down through the centre of the Earth from Suva, Fiji 🇫🇯, home to about 175,000 people, and you would surface in Mali 🇲🇱, at 18.1330° N, 1.5583° W. That puts Suva among the 66 cities on this list — out of 391 — whose antipode is dry land rather than water.
| City | Suva, Fiji 🇫🇯 |
|---|---|
| City coordinates | 18.1330° S, 178.4417° E |
| Antipode coordinates | 18.1330° N, 1.5583° W |
| What is there | Mali 🇲🇱 |
| Nearest town or city | Timbuktu, Mali — 217 km (135 miles) away |
| Distance straight through the Earth | 12,742 km (7,918 miles) |
Suva's antipode falls on dry land, inside Mali 🇲🇱. The closest town or city to that point is Timbuktu, Mali, about 217 km (135 miles) away.
No other city on this list surfaces in Mali — Suva has it to itself.
Worked out by flipping the latitude across the equator (18.1330° S becomes 18.1330° N) and shifting the longitude by 180° (178.4417° E becomes 1.5583° W). More on how antipodes work.
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