diff --git a/src/apps/testapps/testH3CellArea.c b/src/apps/testapps/testH3CellArea.c
index 4189dfc7d..9b0ab6ac0 100644
--- a/src/apps/testapps/testH3CellArea.c
+++ b/src/apps/testapps/testH3CellArea.c
@@ -47,6 +47,23 @@ SUITE(h3CellArea) {
         }
     }
 
+    TEST(cell_area_antimeridian) {
+        // Cells straddling the antimeridian at fine resolutions, paired with
+        // an adjacent cell that does not. Their areas must agree closely; a
+        // naive longitude difference across +-180 degrees loses precision
+        // and makes the straddling cell up to several percent off.
+        H3Index pairs[][2] = {{0x8d056898db628bfULL, 0x8d056898db62d7fULL},
+                              {0x8e32b605c51e067ULL, 0x8e32b605c51e15fULL},
+                              {0x8f7f809893b5b9dULL, 0x8f7f809893b5b9cULL}};
+        for (int i = 0; i < 3; i++) {
+            double a, b;
+            t_assertSuccess(H3_EXPORT(cellAreaRads2)(pairs[i][0], &a));
+            t_assertSuccess(H3_EXPORT(cellAreaRads2)(pairs[i][1], &b));
+            t_assert(fabs(a / b - 1.0) < 1e-5,
+                     "antimeridian cell area should match neighbor");
+        }
+    }
+
     TEST(cell_area_invalid) {
         H3Index invalid = 0xFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF;
         double area;
diff --git a/src/h3lib/lib/area.c b/src/h3lib/lib/area.c
index cebd605c4..f46e86dff 100644
--- a/src/h3lib/lib/area.c
+++ b/src/h3lib/lib/area.c
@@ -37,7 +37,15 @@ static inline double cagnoli(LatLng x, LatLng y) {
     double sa = sin(x.lat) * sin(y.lat);
     double ca = cos(x.lat) * cos(y.lat);
 
+    // For an edge crossing the antimeridian, the raw difference is close to
+    // +-2*pi, and the true (tiny) longitude step is lost to the ulp of 2*pi.
+    // Shift both longitudes to the same side of the antimeridian first so
+    // that the subtraction is between two nearby values; sin and cos are
+    // 2*pi-periodic, so the result is mathematically unchanged.
     double d = y.lng - x.lng;
+    if (d > M_PI || d < -M_PI) {
+        d = (y.lng - copysign(M_PI, y.lng)) - (x.lng - copysign(M_PI, x.lng));
+    }
     double sd = sin(d);
     double cd = cos(d);