La Grande Saline Qibla Direction
Find accurate Qibla direction from La Grande Saline, Other, Saint Barthélemy
Qibla Details for La Grande Saline
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the Qibla direction in La Grande Saline?
The Qibla direction from La Grande Saline, Other, Saint Barthélemy is 65.7° (ENE) from North. This is the direction Muslims in La Grande Saline should face during their daily prayers (Salah).
How far is La Grande Saline from Mecca?
The distance from La Grande Saline to Mecca (Kaaba) is approximately 10,541 kilometers. This is the great-circle distance calculated using the Haversine formula.
How to find Qibla direction in La Grande Saline?
Use our free Qibla compass above. For the most accurate direction, click "Use My Exact Location" to enable GPS. On mobile devices, you can also enable the live compass feature which rotates in real-time as you move your phone.
How accurate is this Qibla direction?
Our Qibla calculation uses the great-circle bearing formula which provides 99.9% accuracy. The calculation accounts for Earth's curvature, ensuring precision regardless of distance. For your exact location within La Grande Saline, enable GPS for personalized accuracy.
What is the compass bearing for the Qibla in La Grande Saline?
The great-circle Qibla bearing from La Grande Saline is 65.7° (ENE). A fixed magnetic-compass (rhumb-line) heading would read about 87.9°. For prayer, use the great-circle value of 65.7°.
Finding Qibla Direction in La Grande Saline
The Qibla direction from La Grande Saline, Other, Saint Barthélemy is 65.7° from true north, pointing towards the east-northeast. The Kaaba in Mecca lies about 10,541 km (6,550 miles) away. Geographically, La Grande Saline sits to the west-northwest of Mecca, so the shortest path back to the Kaaba runs to your east-northeast.
The Qibla (قِبْلَة) is the direction that Muslims face when performing their daily prayers (Salah). All Muslims around the world face the Kaaba, located in Masjid al-Haram in Mecca, during prayer. From La Grande Saline, this means facing east-northeast (65.7°).
Great-circle vs compass bearing in La Grande Saline
Our Qibla finder uses the great-circle bearing (65.7°), the geometrically shortest path to Mecca across the curved surface of the Earth — the method accepted by most scholars. If you instead follow a single fixed compass heading (the rhumb-line bearing), it would be about 87.9° from La Grande Saline. The two differ because long-distance routes curve on a globe; for prayer, use the great-circle value of 65.7°.
Using a compass in La Grande Saline
A phone or magnetic compass points to magnetic north, which can differ from true north by several degrees depending on your exact spot in La Grande Saline. For the most reliable result, tap "Use My Exact Location" above so the compass corrects to your GPS position, then turn until it reads 65.7° (east-northeast) and shows ALIGNED.