Dig straight down through the centre of the Earth from Vancouver, Canada 🇨🇦, home to about 2.31 million people, and you would surface in the Indian Ocean 🌊, at 49.2754° S, 56.8764° 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 | Vancouver, Canada 🇨🇦 |
|---|---|
| City coordinates | 49.2754° N, 123.1236° W |
| Antipode coordinates | 49.2754° S, 56.8764° E |
| What is there | Indian Ocean 🌊 (open water) |
| Nearest land | French Southern and Antarctic Lands 🇹🇫 — 491 km (305 miles) away |
| Nearest town or city | Mawson Station, Antarctica — 2,067 km (1,284 miles) away |
| Distance straight through the Earth | 12,742 km (7,918 miles) |
Vancouver's antipode is in open water, in the Indian Ocean 🌊. The point lies roughly 491 km (305 miles) south-east of the nearest coast, which belongs to French Southern and Antarctic Lands 🇹🇫.
The closest settlement of any size is Mawson Station, Antarctica, about 2,067 km (1,284 miles) from the point.
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63 other cities on this list surface in the same place as Vancouver; the 10 largest are shown.
Worked out by flipping the latitude across the equator (49.2754° N becomes 49.2754° S) and shifting the longitude by 180° (123.1236° W becomes 56.8764° E). More on how antipodes work.
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