Dig straight down through the centre of the Earth from Thimphu, Bhutan 🇧🇹, home to about 99,000 people, and you would surface in the South Pacific Ocean 🌊, at 27.4730° S, 90.3610° 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 | Thimphu, Bhutan 🇧🇹 |
|---|---|
| City coordinates | 27.4730° N, 89.6390° E |
| Antipode coordinates | 27.4730° S, 90.3610° W |
| What is there | South Pacific Ocean 🌊 (open water) |
| Nearest land | Chile 🇨🇱 — 1,287 km (800 miles) away |
| Nearest town or city | La Serena, Chile — 1,881 km (1,169 miles) away |
| Distance straight through the Earth | 12,742 km (7,918 miles) |
Thimphu's antipode is in open water, in the South Pacific Ocean 🌊. The point lies roughly 1,287 km (800 miles) north-west of the nearest coast, which belongs to Chile 🇨🇱.
The closest settlement of any size is La Serena, Chile, about 1,881 km (1,169 miles) from the point.
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174 other cities on this list surface in the same place as Thimphu; the 10 largest are shown.
Worked out by flipping the latitude across the equator (27.4730° N becomes 27.4730° S) and shifting the longitude by 180° (89.6390° E becomes 90.3610° W). More on how antipodes work.
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