18th meridian east

The meridian 18° 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.

18°
18th meridian east

The 18th meridian east forms a great circle with the 162nd meridian west.

From Pole to Pole

Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 18th meridian east passes through:

Co-ordinates Country, territory or sea Notes
90°0′N 18°0′E Arctic Ocean
80°11′N 18°0′E  Norway Islands of Nordaustlandet and Spitsbergen, Svalbard
77°30′N 18°0′E Atlantic Ocean Norwegian Sea
69°31′N 18°0′E  Norway Island of Senja and the mainland
68°4′N 18°0′E  Sweden
62°34′N 18°0′E Baltic Sea Gulf of Bothnia
60°36′N 18°0′E  Sweden Passing through Stockholm, right through Friends Arena
58°56′N 18°0′E Baltic Sea Passing between the islands of Stora Karlsö and Gotland,  Sweden
54°50′N 18°0′E  Poland Passing through the centre of Bydgoszcz
50°1′N 18°0′E  Czech Republic
49°2′N 18°0′E  Slovakia
47°44′N 18°0′E  Hungary
45°48′N 18°0′E  Croatia Passing just west of Slavonski Brod
45°8′N 18°0′E  Bosnia and Herzegovina
42°45′N 18°0′E  Croatia Mainland (for about 6 km) and the island of Koločep. Passing just west of Dubrovnik
42°40′N 18°0′E Mediterranean Sea Adriatic Sea
40°38′N 18°0′E  Italy Municipality of Gallipoli, Apulia.
39°59′N 18°0′E Mediterranean Sea
30°50′N 18°0′E  Libya
22°31′N 18°0′E  Chad
7°59′N 18°0′E  Central African Republic
3°34′N 18°0′E  Republic of the Congo
1°23′N 18°0′E  Democratic Republic of the Congo
8°6′S 18°0′E  Angola
17°23′S 18°0′E  Namibia
28°49′S 18°0′E  South Africa Northern Cape
Western Cape
31°28′S 18°0′E Atlantic Ocean
32°44′S 18°0′E  South Africa Western Cape
33°8′S 18°0′E Atlantic Ocean Passing just west of Dassen Island,  South Africa (at 33°25′24″S 18°5′14″E)
60°0′S 18°0′E Southern Ocean
69°43′S 18°0′E Antarctica Queen Maud Land, claimed by  Norway

See also
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.