Dig straight down through the centre of the Earth from Washington, D.C., United States of America 🇺🇸, home to about 4.34 million people, and you would surface in the Indian Ocean 🌊, at 38.9015° S, 102.9886° 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 | Washington, D.C., United States of America 🇺🇸 |
|---|---|
| City coordinates | 38.9015° N, 77.0114° W |
| Antipode coordinates | 38.9015° S, 102.9886° E |
| What is there | Indian Ocean 🌊 (open water) |
| Nearest land | Australia 🇦🇺 — 1,190 km (739 miles) away |
| Nearest town or city | Busselton, Australia — 1,251 km (777 miles) away |
| Distance straight through the Earth | 12,742 km (7,918 miles) |
Washington, D.C.'s antipode is in open water, in the Indian Ocean 🌊. The point lies roughly 1,190 km (739 miles) south-west of the nearest coast, which belongs to Australia 🇦🇺.
The closest settlement of any size is Busselton, Australia, about 1,251 km (777 miles) from the point.
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63 other cities on this list surface in the same place as Washington, D.C.; the 10 largest are shown.
Worked out by flipping the latitude across the equator (38.9015° N becomes 38.9015° S) and shifting the longitude by 180° (77.0114° W becomes 102.9886° E). More on how antipodes work.
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