Dig straight down through the centre of the Earth from Vaduz, Liechtenstein 🇱🇮, home to about 36,000 people, and you would surface in the South Pacific Ocean 🌊, at 47.1337° S, 170.4833° 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 | Vaduz, Liechtenstein 🇱🇮 |
|---|---|
| City coordinates | 47.1337° N, 9.5167° E |
| Antipode coordinates | 47.1337° S, 170.4833° W |
| What is there | South Pacific Ocean 🌊 (open water) |
| Nearest land | New Zealand 🇳🇿 — 541 km (336 miles) away |
| Nearest town or city | Napier, New Zealand — 1,324 km (823 miles) away |
| Distance straight through the Earth | 12,742 km (7,918 miles) |
Vaduz's antipode is in open water, in the South Pacific Ocean 🌊. The point lies roughly 541 km (336 miles) south-east of the nearest coast, which belongs to New Zealand 🇳🇿.
The closest settlement of any size is Napier, New Zealand, about 1,324 km (823 miles) from the point.
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174 other cities on this list surface in the same place as Vaduz; the 10 largest are shown.
Worked out by flipping the latitude across the equator (47.1337° N becomes 47.1337° S) and shifting the longitude by 180° (9.5167° E becomes 170.4833° W). More on how antipodes work.
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