Dig straight down through the centre of the Earth from Yaoundé, Cameroon 🇨🇲, home to about 1.61 million people, and you would surface in the South Pacific Ocean 🌊, at 3.8686° S, 168.4853° 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 | Yaoundé, Cameroon 🇨🇲 |
|---|---|
| City coordinates | 3.8686° N, 11.5147° E |
| Antipode coordinates | 3.8686° S, 168.4853° W |
| What is there | South Pacific Ocean 🌊 (open water) |
| Nearest land | Kiribati 🇰🇮 — 300 km (186 miles) away |
| Nearest town or city | Apia, Samoa — 1,165 km (724 miles) away |
| Distance straight through the Earth | 12,742 km (7,918 miles) |
Yaoundé's antipode is in open water, in the South Pacific Ocean 🌊. The point lies roughly 300 km (186 miles) east of the nearest coast, which belongs to Kiribati 🇰🇮.
The closest settlement of any size is Apia, Samoa, about 1,165 km (724 miles) from the point.
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174 other cities on this list surface in the same place as Yaoundé; the 10 largest are shown.
Worked out by flipping the latitude across the equator (3.8686° N becomes 3.8686° S) and shifting the longitude by 180° (11.5147° E becomes 168.4853° W). More on how antipodes work.
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