Dig straight down through the centre of the Earth from Vientiane, Laos 🇱🇦, home to about 754,000 people, and you would surface in the South Pacific Ocean 🌊, at 17.9667° S, 77.4000° 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 | Vientiane, Laos 🇱🇦 |
|---|---|
| City coordinates | 17.9667° N, 102.6000° E |
| Antipode coordinates | 17.9667° S, 77.4000° W |
| What is there | South Pacific Ocean 🌊 (open water) |
| Nearest land | Peru 🇵🇪 — 375 km (233 miles) away |
| Nearest town or city | Ica, Peru — 469 km (291 miles) away |
| Distance straight through the Earth | 12,742 km (7,918 miles) |
Vientiane's antipode is in open water, in the South Pacific Ocean 🌊. The point lies roughly 375 km (233 miles) south-west of the nearest coast, which belongs to Peru 🇵🇪.
The closest settlement of any size is Ica, Peru, about 469 km (291 miles) from the point.
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174 other cities on this list surface in the same place as Vientiane; the 10 largest are shown.
Worked out by flipping the latitude across the equator (17.9667° N becomes 17.9667° S) and shifting the longitude by 180° (102.6000° E becomes 77.4000° W). More on how antipodes work.
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