Dig straight down through the centre of the Earth from Tripoli, Libya 🇱🇾, home to about 2.19 million people, and you would surface in the South Pacific Ocean 🌊, at 32.8925° S, 166.8200° 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 | Tripoli, Libya 🇱🇾 |
|---|---|
| City coordinates | 32.8925° N, 13.1800° E |
| Antipode coordinates | 32.8925° S, 166.8200° W |
| What is there | South Pacific Ocean 🌊 (open water) |
| Nearest land | New Zealand 🇳🇿 — 1,430 km (889 miles) away |
| Nearest town or city | Nuku'alofa, Tonga — 1,548 km (962 miles) away |
| Distance straight through the Earth | 12,742 km (7,918 miles) |
Tripoli's antipode is in open water, in the South Pacific Ocean 🌊. The point lies roughly 1,430 km (889 miles) east of the nearest coast, which belongs to New Zealand 🇳🇿.
The closest settlement of any size is Nuku'alofa, Tonga, about 1,548 km (962 miles) from the point.
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174 other cities on this list surface in the same place as Tripoli; the 10 largest are shown.
Worked out by flipping the latitude across the equator (32.8925° N becomes 32.8925° S) and shifting the longitude by 180° (13.1800° E becomes 166.8200° W). More on how antipodes work.
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