Antipode of Cape Town
The antipode of Cape Town, South Africa, is the exact point on Earth reached by a straight line through the planet's center.
Cape Town coordinates
33.92490 deg S
18.42410 deg E
Antipode coordinates
33.92490 deg N
161.57590 deg W
How this antipode is calculated
Latitude changes sign, so north becomes south or south becomes north. Longitude moves 180 degrees around the globe. That gives the exact opposite coordinates shown above.
Explore it on the globe
Open Discover to see the point on the interactive 3D Earth, compare surface distance, and discover whether the opposite point lands on land or ocean.
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