Dig straight down through the centre of the Earth from Victoria, Seychelles 🇸🇨, home to about 34,000 people, and you would surface in North Pacific Ocean 🌊, at 4.6166° N, 124.5500° 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 | Victoria, Seychelles 🇸🇨 |
|---|---|
| City coordinates | 4.6166° S, 55.4500° E |
| Antipode coordinates | 4.6166° N, 124.5500° W |
| What is there | North Pacific Ocean 🌊 (open water) |
| Nearest land | Mexico 🇲🇽 — 2,150 km (1,336 miles) away |
| Nearest town or city | La Paz, Mexico — 2,652 km (1,648 miles) away |
| Distance straight through the Earth | 12,742 km (7,918 miles) |
Victoria's antipode is in open water, in North Pacific Ocean 🌊. The point lies roughly 2,150 km (1,336 miles) south-west of the nearest coast, which belongs to Mexico 🇲🇽 — far enough out that no shore would be visible from it.
The closest settlement of any size is La Paz, Mexico, about 2,652 km (1,648 miles) from the point.
26 other cities on this list surface in the same place as Victoria; the 10 largest are shown.
Worked out by flipping the latitude across the equator (4.6166° S becomes 4.6166° N) and shifting the longitude by 180° (55.4500° E becomes 124.5500° W). More on how antipodes work.
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