Dig straight down through the centre of the Earth from Tirana, Albania 🇦🇱, home to about 895,000 people, and you would surface in the South Pacific Ocean 🌊, at 41.3275° S, 160.1811° 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 | Tirana, Albania 🇦🇱 |
|---|---|
| City coordinates | 41.3275° N, 19.8189° E |
| Antipode coordinates | 41.3275° S, 160.1811° W |
| What is there | South Pacific Ocean 🌊 (open water) |
| Nearest land | New Zealand 🇳🇿 — 1,336 km (830 miles) away |
| Nearest town or city | Napier, New Zealand — 1,943 km (1,207 miles) away |
| Distance straight through the Earth | 12,742 km (7,918 miles) |
Tirana's antipode is in open water, in the South Pacific Ocean 🌊. The point lies roughly 1,336 km (830 miles) east of the nearest coast, which belongs to New Zealand 🇳🇿.
The closest settlement of any size is Napier, New Zealand, about 1,943 km (1,207 miles) from the point.
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174 other cities on this list surface in the same place as Tirana; the 10 largest are shown.
Worked out by flipping the latitude across the equator (41.3275° N becomes 41.3275° S) and shifting the longitude by 180° (19.8189° E becomes 160.1811° W). More on how antipodes work.
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