An Antipode is the spot on the exact opposite side of the earth from a particular point. There's a formula for calculating it, but I've saved you the trouble! :D
(To see the Antipode in google maps, just search for:
-21.422509,-140.173826 @-21.422509,-140.173826)
You'll see I've marked out the Kaaba too, and that the antipode is in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, somewhere near French Polynesia it turns out, but not on an island (from what Google Maps will show). If you can get a boat to hold still, you can pray in any direction from that spot! You might even be able to make Tawaaf! :P
(To see the Antipode in google maps, just search for:
-21.422509,-140.173826 @-21.422509,-140.173826)
You'll see I've marked out the Kaaba too, and that the antipode is in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, somewhere near French Polynesia it turns out, but not on an island (from what Google Maps will show). If you can get a boat to hold still, you can pray in any direction from that spot! You might even be able to make Tawaaf! :P
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