31st meridian east

The meridian 31° east of Greenwich is a line of longitude that extends from the North Pole across the Arctic Ocean, Europe, Turkey, Africa, the Indian Ocean, the Southern Ocean, and Antarctica to the South Pole.

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31st meridian east

The 31st meridian east forms a great circle with the 149th meridian west.

From Pole to Pole

Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 31st meridian east passes through:

Co-ordinates Country, territory or sea Notes
90°0′N 31°0′E Arctic Ocean
80°10′N 31°0′E Barents Sea Passing just west of Kvitøya, Svalbard,  Norway
Passing just east of Kong Karls Land, Svalbard,  Norway
70°25′N 31°0′E  Norway Varanger Peninsula - easternmost point of the country
70°16′N 31°0′E Varangerfjord
69°46′N 31°0′E  Russia
63°18′N 31°0′E  Finland
62°22′N 31°0′E  Russia Passing through Lake Ladoga
55°9′N 31°0′E  Belarus For about 3 km
55°7′N 31°0′E  Russia For about 4 km
55°5′N 31°0′E  Belarus For about 7 km
55°1′N 31°0′E  Russia
54°43′N 31°0′E  Belarus For about 3 km
54°41′N 31°0′E  Russia For about 2 km
54°40′N 31°0′E  Belarus
52°4′N 31°0′E  Ukraine For about 610 km.
46°35′N 31°0′E Black Sea
41°5′N 31°0′E  Turkey For 474 km.
36°52′N 31°0′E Mediterranean Sea
31°35′N 31°0′E  Egypt Passing just west of Cairo
22°0′N 31°0′E  Sudan
9°45′N 31°0′E  South Sudan
3°42′N 31°0′E  Uganda
2°24′N 31°0′E  Democratic Republic of the Congo
1°56′N 31°0′E Lake Albert
1°32′N 31°0′E  Uganda
1°0′S 31°0′E  Tanzania
8°16′S 31°0′E Lake Tanganyika
8°46′S 31°0′E  Zambia
14°44′S 31°0′E  Mozambique
16°3′S 31°0′E  Zimbabwe Passing just west of Harare
22°19′S 31°0′E  South Africa Limpopo
Mpumalanga - passing just east of Mbombela (formerly Nelspruit)
26°12′S 31°0′E  Eswatini
27°2′S 31°0′E  South Africa Mpumalanga
KwaZulu-Natal - passing through Durban
29°57′S 31°0′E Indian Ocean
60°0′S 31°0′E Southern Ocean
69°2′S 31°0′E Antarctica Queen Maud Land, claimed by  Norway

See also

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