20th meridian east

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The meridian 20° east of Greenwich is a line of longitude that extends from the North Pole across the Arctic Ocean, Europe, Africa, the Atlantic and Indian oceans, the Southern Ocean, and Antarctica to the South Pole.

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Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 20th meridian east passes through:

Co-ordinates	Country, territory or sea	Notes
90°0′N20°0′E / 90.000°N 20.000°E / 90.000; 20.000 (Arctic Ocean)	Arctic Ocean
80°32′N20°0′E / 80.533°N 20.000°E / 80.533; 20.000 (Norway)	Norway	Islands of Nordaustlandet and Spitsbergen, Svalbard
78°37′N20°0′E / 78.617°N 20.000°E / 78.617; 20.000 (Barents Sea)	Barents Sea
73°54′N20°0′E / 73.900°N 20.000°E / 73.900; 20.000 (Atlantic Ocean)	Atlantic Ocean	Norwegian Sea
70°10′N20°0′E / 70.167°N 20.000°E / 70.167; 20.000 (Norway)	Norway	Island of Vanna, and the mainland
68°34′N20°0′E / 68.567°N 20.000°E / 68.567; 20.000 (Sweden)	Sweden	For about 2 km
68°33′N20°0′E / 68.550°N 20.000°E / 68.550; 20.000 (Norway)	Norway	For about 18 km
68°23′N20°0′E / 68.383°N 20.000°E / 68.383; 20.000 (Sweden)	Sweden
63°37′N20°0′E / 63.617°N 20.000°E / 63.617; 20.000 (Baltic Sea)	Baltic Sea	Gulf of Bothnia
60°24′N20°0′E / 60.400°N 20.000°E / 60.400; 20.000 (Finland)	Finland ( Åland Islands)	Island of Fasta Åland
60°1′N20°0′E / 60.017°N 20.000°E / 60.017; 20.000 (Baltic Sea)	Baltic Sea
54°57′N20°0′E / 54.950°N 20.000°E / 54.950; 20.000 (Russia)	Russia	Kaliningrad Oblast (exclave)
54°25′N20°0′E / 54.417°N 20.000°E / 54.417; 20.000 (Poland)	Poland	Passing through Kraków (where crosses with 50th parallel north)
49°13′N20°0′E / 49.217°N 20.000°E / 49.217; 20.000 (Slovakia)	Slovakia	Passing through the mountain of Kriváň
48°10′N20°0′E / 48.167°N 20.000°E / 48.167; 20.000 (Hungary)	Hungary	Passing just west of Szeged
46°10′N20°0′E / 46.167°N 20.000°E / 46.167; 20.000 (Serbia)	Serbia
43°4′N20°0′E / 43.067°N 20.000°E / 43.067; 20.000 (Montenegro)	Montenegro
42°31′N20°0′E / 42.517°N 20.000°E / 42.517; 20.000 (Albania)	Albania
39°41′N20°0′E / 39.683°N 20.000°E / 39.683; 20.000 (Mediterranean Sea)	Mediterranean Sea	Ionian Sea
39°27′N20°0′E / 39.450°N 20.000°E / 39.450; 20.000 (Greece)	Greece	Island of Corfu
39°24′N20°0′E / 39.400°N 20.000°E / 39.400; 20.000 (Mediterranean Sea)	Mediterranean Sea	Ionian Sea and the Mediterranean proper
32°1′N20°0′E / 32.017°N 20.000°E / 32.017; 20.000 (Libya)	Libya
31°28′N20°0′E / 31.467°N 20.000°E / 31.467; 20.000 (Mediterranean Sea)	Mediterranean Sea	Gulf of Sidra
30°46′N20°0′E / 30.767°N 20.000°E / 30.767; 20.000 (Libya)	Libya
21°33′N20°0′E / 21.550°N 20.000°E / 21.550; 20.000 (Chad)	Chad
9°7′N20°0′E / 9.117°N 20.000°E / 9.117; 20.000 (Central African Republic)	Central African Republic
4°58′N20°0′E / 4.967°N 20.000°E / 4.967; 20.000 (Democratic Republic of the Congo)	Democratic Republic of the Congo
7°0′S20°0′E / 7.000°S 20.000°E / -7.000; 20.000 (Angola)	Angola
17°53′S20°0′E / 17.883°S 20.000°E / -17.883; 20.000 (Namibia)	Namibia
22°0′S20°0′E / 22.000°S 20.000°E / -22.000; 20.000 (Namibia / Botswana border)	Namibia / Botswana border
24°45′S20°0′E / 24.750°S 20.000°E / -24.750; 20.000 (Namibia / South Africa border)	Namibia / South Africa (Northern Cape) border
28°26′S20°0′E / 28.433°S 20.000°E / -28.433; 20.000 (South Africa)	South Africa	Northern Cape Western Cape
34°50′S20°0′E / 34.833°S 20.000°E / -34.833; 20.000	Atlantic Ocean / Indian Ocean boundary
60°0′S20°0′E / 60.000°S 20.000°E / -60.000; 20.000 (Southern Ocean)	Southern Ocean
69°53′S20°0′E / 69.883°S 20.000°E / -69.883; 20.000 (Antarctica)	Antarctica	Queen Maud Land, claimed by Norway

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The meridian 25° east of Greenwich is a line of longitude that extends from the North Pole across the Arctic Ocean, Europe, Africa, the Indian Ocean, the Southern Ocean, and Antarctica to the South Pole.

The meridian 24° east of Greenwich is a line of longitude that extends from the North Pole across the Arctic Ocean, the Atlantic Ocean, Europe, Africa, the Indian Ocean, the Southern Ocean, and Antarctica to the South Pole.

The meridian 22° east of Greenwich is a line of longitude that extends from the North Pole across the Arctic Ocean, the Atlantic Ocean, Europe, Africa, the Indian Ocean, the Southern Ocean, and Antarctica to the South Pole.

The meridian 21° east of Greenwich is a line of longitude that extends from the North Pole across the Arctic Ocean, the Atlantic Ocean, Europe, Africa, the Indian Ocean, the Southern Ocean, and Antarctica to the South Pole.

The meridian 129° east of Greenwich is a line of longitude that extends from the North Pole across the Arctic Ocean, Asia, Australia, the Indian Ocean, the Southern Ocean, and Antarctica to the South Pole.

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The meridian 5° west of Greenwich is a line of longitude that extends from the North Pole across the Arctic Ocean, the Atlantic Ocean, Europe, Africa, the Southern Ocean, and Antarctica to the South Pole.

The meridian 15° west of Greenwich is a line of longitude that extends from the North Pole across the Arctic Ocean, Greenland, Iceland, the Atlantic Ocean, Africa, the Southern Ocean, and Antarctica to the South Pole.

The meridian 19° east of Greenwich is a line of longitude that extends from the North Pole across the Arctic Ocean, Europe, Africa, the Atlantic Ocean, the Southern Ocean, and Antarctica to the South Pole.

The meridian 23° east of Greenwich is a line of longitude that extends from the North Pole across the Arctic Ocean, the Atlantic Ocean, Europe, Africa, the Indian Ocean, the Southern Ocean, and Antarctica to the South Pole.

The meridian 29° east of Greenwich is a line of longitude that extends from the North Pole across the Arctic Ocean, Europe, Africa, the Indian Ocean, the Southern Ocean, and Antarctica to the South Pole.

References

↑ Shelley, Fred M. (23 April 2013). Nation Shapes: The Story Behind the World's Borders. ABC-CLIO. p. 333. ISBN 978-1-61069-106-2.
↑ Guyot, Arnold Henri; Felton, Cornelius Conway (1852). Comparative Physical Geography; Or the Earth in Relation to Man ... Translated from the French by C. C. Felton, Etc. p. 49.

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[1] Shelley, Fred M. (23 April 2013). Nation Shapes: The Story Behind the World's Borders. ABC-CLIO. p. 333. ISBN 978-1-61069-106-2.

[2] Guyot, Arnold Henri; Felton, Cornelius Conway (1852). Comparative Physical Geography; Or the Earth in Relation to Man ... Translated from the French by C. C. Felton, Etc. p. 49.

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