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At the end of Dante's Inferno, Dante manages to escape, travels through the center of the Earth and comes back above ground exactly opposite from Jerusalem.
So, Geographic POD: An island equal in size to that of the Walled city of Jerusalem (pick your wall ) *exists* exactly half way around the world from Jerusalem. ( So, 31.78 deg S, 144.78 deg W). It is about 300 miles SW of the south end of French Polynesia and about 500 miles ENE of Wachusett Reef. It is uninhabited.
1) Which European power is most likely to end up with it?
2) How long before someone figures out that this island is *exactly* the antipode of Jerusalem?
3) Any likely results of figuring this out?