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19th meridian east

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19th meridian east

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 19th meridian east forms a great circle with the 161st meridian west.

From Pole to Pole

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Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 19th meridian east passes through:

Co-ordinates Country, territory or sea Notes
90°0′N 19°0′E / 90.000°N 19.000°E / 90.000; 19.000 (Arctic Ocean) Arctic Ocean
80°9′N 19°0′E / 80.150°N 19.000°E / 80.150; 19.000 (Norway)  Norway Islands of Nordaustlandet and Spitsbergen, Svalbard
78°5′N 19°0′E / 78.083°N 19.000°E / 78.083; 19.000 (Barents Sea) Barents Sea
74°31′N 19°0′E / 74.517°N 19.000°E / 74.517; 19.000 (Norway)  Norway Bear Island
74°23′N 19°0′E / 74.383°N 19.000°E / 74.383; 19.000 (Atlantic Ocean) Atlantic Ocean Norwegian Sea
70°11′N 19°0′E / 70.183°N 19.000°E / 70.183; 19.000 (Norway)  Norway Islands of Nordkvaløya, Ringvassøya, Kvaløya, Tromsøya and the mainland
68°31′N 19°0′E / 68.517°N 19.000°E / 68.517; 19.000 (Sweden)  Sweden
63°12′N 19°0′E / 63.200°N 19.000°E / 63.200; 19.000 (Baltic Sea) Baltic Sea Gulf of Bothnia
59°54′N 19°0′E / 59.900°N 19.000°E / 59.900; 19.000 (Sweden)  Sweden
59°42′N 19°0′E / 59.700°N 19.000°E / 59.700; 19.000 (Baltic Sea) Baltic Sea Passing just west of the island of Gotska Sandön,  Sweden
57°55′N 19°0′E / 57.917°N 19.000°E / 57.917; 19.000 (Sweden)  Sweden Island of Gotland
57°46′N 19°0′E / 57.767°N 19.000°E / 57.767; 19.000 (Baltic Sea) Baltic Sea
54°21′N 19°0′E / 54.350°N 19.000°E / 54.350; 19.000 (Poland)  Poland Passing just west of Katowice
49°24′N 19°0′E / 49.400°N 19.000°E / 49.400; 19.000 (Slovakia)  Slovakia
48°3′N 19°0′E / 48.050°N 19.000°E / 48.050; 19.000 (Hungary)  Hungary Passing just west of Budapest
45°57′N 19°0′E / 45.950°N 19.000°E / 45.950; 19.000 (Serbia)  Serbia
45°33′N 19°0′E / 45.550°N 19.000°E / 45.550; 19.000 (Croatia)  Croatia For about 16 km
45°24′N 19°0′E / 45.400°N 19.000°E / 45.400; 19.000 (Serbia)  Serbia For about 4 km
45°22′N 19°0′E / 45.367°N 19.000°E / 45.367; 19.000 (Croatia)  Croatia
44°51′N 19°0′E / 44.850°N 19.000°E / 44.850; 19.000 (Bosnia and Herzegovina)  Bosnia and Herzegovina
43°32′N 19°0′E / 43.533°N 19.000°E / 43.533; 19.000 (Montenegro)  Montenegro For about 13 km
43°24′N 19°0′E / 43.400°N 19.000°E / 43.400; 19.000 (Bosnia and Herzegovina)  Bosnia and Herzegovina For about 14 km
43°16′N 19°0′E / 43.267°N 19.000°E / 43.267; 19.000 (Montenegro)  Montenegro
42°9′N 19°0′E / 42.150°N 19.000°E / 42.150; 19.000 (Mediterranean Sea) Mediterranean Sea
30°16′N 19°0′E / 30.267°N 19.000°E / 30.267; 19.000 (Libya)  Libya
22°2′N 19°0′E / 22.033°N 19.000°E / 22.033; 19.000 (Chad)  Chad
8°59′N 19°0′E / 8.983°N 19.000°E / 8.983; 19.000 (Central African Republic)  Central African Republic
8°46′N 19°0′E / 8.767°N 19.000°E / 8.767; 19.000 (Chad)  Chad
8°31′N 19°0′E / 8.517°N 19.000°E / 8.517; 19.000 (Central African Republic)  Central African Republic
4°44′N 19°0′E / 4.733°N 19.000°E / 4.733; 19.000 (Democratic Republic of the Congo)  Democratic Republic of the Congo
8°0′S 19°0′E / 8.000°S 19.000°E / -8.000; 19.000 (Angola)  Angola
17°50′S 19°0′E / 17.833°S 19.000°E / -17.833; 19.000 (Namibia)  Namibia
28°54′S 19°0′E / 28.900°S 19.000°E / -28.900; 19.000 (South Africa)  South Africa Northern Cape
Western Cape
34°20′S 19°0′E / 34.333°S 19.000°E / -34.333; 19.000 (Atlantic Ocean) Atlantic Ocean
60°0′S 19°0′E / 60.000°S 19.000°E / -60.000; 19.000 (Southern Ocean) Southern Ocean
69°56′S 19°0′E / 69.933°S 19.000°E / -69.933; 19.000 (Antarctica) Antarctica Queen Maud Land, claimed by  Norway

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