Dig straight down through the centre of the Earth from Tegucigalpa, Honduras 🇭🇳, home to about 946,000 people, and you would surface in Indian Ocean 🌊, at 14.1040° S, 92.7805° 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 | Tegucigalpa, Honduras 🇭🇳 |
|---|---|
| City coordinates | 14.1040° N, 87.2195° W |
| Antipode coordinates | 14.1040° S, 92.7805° E |
| What is there | Indian Ocean 🌊 (open water) |
| Nearest land | Indian Ocean Territories 🇦🇺 — 488 km (303 miles) away |
| Nearest town or city | Bandar Lampung, Indonesia — 1,673 km (1,040 miles) away |
| Distance straight through the Earth | 12,742 km (7,918 miles) |
Tegucigalpa's antipode is in open water, in Indian Ocean 🌊. The point lies roughly 488 km (303 miles) south-west of the nearest coast, which belongs to Indian Ocean Territories 🇦🇺.
The closest settlement of any size is Bandar Lampung, Indonesia, about 1,673 km (1,040 miles) from the point.
63 other cities on this list surface in the same place as Tegucigalpa; the 10 largest are shown.
Worked out by flipping the latitude across the equator (14.1040° N becomes 14.1040° S) and shifting the longitude by 180° (87.2195° W becomes 92.7805° E). More on how antipodes work.
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