Dig straight down through the centre of the Earth from Tarawa, Kiribati 🇰🇮, home to about 29,000 people, and you would surface in the 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 the 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.
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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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