23rd meridian east

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.

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23rd meridian east

The 23rd meridian east forms a great circle with the 157th meridian west.

From Pole to Pole

Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 23rd meridian east passes through:

Co-ordinates Country, territory or sea Notes
90°0′N 23°0′E Arctic Ocean
80°27′N 23°0′E  Norway Island of Nordaustlandet, Svalbard
79°16′N 23°0′E Barents Sea
78°13′N 23°0′E  Norway Island of Edgeøya, Svalbard
77°18′N 23°0′E Barents Sea
72°25′N 23°0′E Atlantic Ocean Norwegian Sea
70°51′N 23°0′E  Norway Islands of Sørøya, Seiland, Stjernøya and the mainland
68°42′N 23°0′E  Finland
68°19′N 23°0′E  Sweden
65°45′N 23°0′E Baltic Sea Gulf of Bothnia
63°49′N 23°0′E  Finland
59°50′N 23°0′E Baltic Sea
58°55′N 23°0′E  Estonia Island of Hiiumaa
58°50′N 23°0′E Baltic Sea Kassaare Bay
58°36′N 23°0′E  Estonia Island of Saaremaa
58°21′N 23°0′E Baltic Sea Gulf of Riga - passing just west of the island of Ruhnu,  Estonia
57°24′N 23°0′E  Latvia
56°24′N 23°0′E  Lithuania
54°22′N 23°0′E  Poland Passing just west of Białystok
49°51′N 23°0′E  Ukraine Lviv Oblast — passing just west of Sambir
Zakarpattia Oblast — passing just east of Mukacheve
48°0′N 23°0′E  Romania
44°6′N 23°0′E  Bulgaria For about 9 km
44°1′N 23°0′E  Romania
43°49′N 23°0′E  Bulgaria
43°12′N 23°0′E  Serbia For about 7 km - easternmost point of the country
43°9′N 23°0′E  Bulgaria
41°47′N 23°0′E  North Macedonia For about 10 km - easternmost point of the country
41°41′N 23°0′E  Bulgaria
41°20′N 23°0′E  Greece
40°22′N 23°0′E Mediterranean Sea Aegean Sea
39°33′N 23°0′E  Greece
39°21′N 23°0′E Mediterranean Sea Pagasetic Gulf, Aegean Sea
39°1′N 23°0′E  Greece Mainland and island of Euboea
38°53′N 23°0′E Mediterranean Sea Euripus Strait, Aegean Sea
38°45′N 23°0′E  Greece
38°13′N 23°0′E Alkyonides Gulf
38°4′N 23°0′E  Greece Peloponnese
37°29′N 23°0′E Mediterranean Sea Argolic Gulf, Aegean Sea
37°2′N 23°0′E  Greece Peloponnese
36°31′N 23°0′E Mediterranean Sea
36°19′N 23°0′E  Greece Island of Kythira
36°9′N 23°0′E Mediterranean Sea
32°39′N 23°0′E  Libya
20°1′N 23°0′E  Chad
15°35′N 23°0′E  Sudan
10°43′N 23°0′E  Central African Republic
4°47′N 23°0′E  Democratic Republic of the Congo
11°6′S 23°0′E  Angola
13°0′S 23°0′E  Zambia
17°17′S 23°0′E  Angola
17°43′S 23°0′E  Namibia Caprivi Strip
18°1′S 23°0′E  Botswana
25°20′S 23°0′E  South Africa North West
Northern Cape
Western Cape
Eastern Cape
Western Cape
34°4′S 23°0′E Indian Ocean
60°0′S 23°0′E Southern Ocean
70°6′S 23°0′E Antarctica Queen Maud Land, claimed by  Norway

See also

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