Dig straight down through the centre of the Earth from Tijuana, Mexico 🇲🇽, home to about 1.55 million people, and you would surface in the 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 the 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.
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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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