Dig straight down through the centre of the Earth from Yamoussoukro, Ivory Coast 🇨🇮, home to about 206,000 people, and you would surface in the South Pacific Ocean 🌊, at 6.8184° S, 174.7245° 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 | Yamoussoukro, Ivory Coast 🇨🇮 |
|---|---|
| City coordinates | 6.8184° N, 5.2755° W |
| Antipode coordinates | 6.8184° S, 174.7245° E |
| What is there | South Pacific Ocean 🌊 (open water) |
| Nearest land | Tuvalu 🇹🇻 — 526 km (327 miles) away |
| Nearest town or city | Funafuti, Tuvalu — 530 km (329 miles) away |
| Distance straight through the Earth | 12,742 km (7,918 miles) |
Yamoussoukro's antipode is in open water, in the South Pacific Ocean 🌊. The point lies roughly 526 km (327 miles) west of the nearest coast, which belongs to Tuvalu 🇹🇻.
The closest settlement of any size is Funafuti, Tuvalu, about 530 km (329 miles) from the point.
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174 other cities on this list surface in the same place as Yamoussoukro; the 10 largest are shown.
Worked out by flipping the latitude across the equator (6.8184° N becomes 6.8184° S) and shifting the longitude by 180° (5.2755° W becomes 174.7245° E). More on how antipodes work.
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