Dig straight down through the centre of the Earth from Tijuana, Mexico 🇲🇽, home to about 1.55 million people, and you would surface in Indian Ocean 🌊, at 32.5020° S, 62.9181° 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 | Tijuana, Mexico 🇲🇽 |
|---|---|
| City coordinates | 32.5020° N, 117.0819° W |
| Antipode coordinates | 32.5020° S, 62.9181° E |
| What is there | Indian Ocean 🌊 (open water) |
| Nearest land | France 🇫🇷 — 1,427 km (887 miles) away |
| Nearest town or city | Port Louis, Mauritius — 1,473 km (915 miles) away |
| Distance straight through the Earth | 12,742 km (7,918 miles) |
Tijuana's antipode is in open water, in Indian Ocean 🌊. The point lies roughly 1,427 km (887 miles) south-east of the nearest coast, which belongs to France 🇫🇷.
The closest settlement of any size is Port Louis, Mauritius, about 1,473 km (915 miles) from the point.
63 other cities on this list surface in the same place as Tijuana; the 10 largest are shown.
Worked out by flipping the latitude across the equator (32.5020° N becomes 32.5020° S) and shifting the longitude by 180° (117.0819° W becomes 62.9181° E). More on how antipodes work.
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