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A map titled The Arabian Peninsula. Medina, Mecca, Muscat, Sanaa, and Aden are labeled. Medina is located north of the Tropic of Cancer at 40 degrees east longitude. Mecca close to 20 degrees north latitude and 40 degrees east longitude. Muscat is located near the eastern coast close to 60 degrees east longitude and The Tropic of Cancer. Sanaa and Aden are both below 20 degrees north latitude and between 40 and 50 degrees east longitude.

What is the relative location of Mecca?

Mecca is south of Aden and west of Muscat.
Mecca is north of Aden and east of Muscat.
Mecca is north of Medina and west of Muscat.
Mecca is south of Medina and west of Muscat.

Mecca is south of Medina and west of Muscat.