Dig straight down through the centre of the Earth from Wellington, New Zealand 🇳🇿, home to about 393,000 people, and you would surface in Spain 🇪🇸, at 41.3000° N, 5.2167° W. That puts Wellington among the 66 cities on this list — out of 391 — whose antipode is dry land rather than water.
| City | Wellington, New Zealand 🇳🇿 |
|---|---|
| City coordinates | 41.3000° S, 174.7833° E |
| Antipode coordinates | 41.3000° N, 5.2167° W |
| What is there | Spain 🇪🇸 |
| Nearest town or city | Madrid, Spain — 163 km (101 miles) away |
| Distance straight through the Earth | 12,742 km (7,918 miles) |
Wellington's antipode falls on dry land, inside Spain 🇪🇸. The closest town or city to that point is Madrid, Spain, about 163 km (101 miles) away.
One other city on this list surfaces in the same place as Wellington.
Worked out by flipping the latitude across the equator (41.3000° S becomes 41.3000° N) and shifting the longitude by 180° (174.7833° E becomes 5.2167° W). More on how antipodes work.
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