Dig straight down through the centre of the Earth from Tarawa, Kiribati 🇰🇮, home to about 29,000 people, and you would surface in South Atlantic Ocean 🌊, at 1.3382° S, 6.9824° 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 | Tarawa, Kiribati 🇰🇮 |
|---|---|
| City coordinates | 1.3382° N, 173.0176° E |
| Antipode coordinates | 1.3382° S, 6.9824° W |
| What is there | South Atlantic Ocean 🌊 (open water) |
| Nearest land | Liberia 🇱🇷 — 636 km (395 miles) away |
| Nearest town or city | Abidjan, Ivory Coast — 809 km (503 miles) away |
| Distance straight through the Earth | 12,742 km (7,918 miles) |
Tarawa's antipode is in open water, in South Atlantic Ocean 🌊. The point lies roughly 636 km (395 miles) south of the nearest coast, which belongs to Liberia 🇱🇷.
The closest settlement of any size is Abidjan, Ivory Coast, about 809 km (503 miles) from the point.
23 other cities on this list surface in the same place as Tarawa; the 10 largest are shown.
Worked out by flipping the latitude across the equator (1.3382° N becomes 1.3382° S) and shifting the longitude by 180° (173.0176° E becomes 6.9824° W). More on how antipodes work.
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