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.
The 20th meridian east forms a great circle with the 160th meridian west.
Part of Namibia's borders with Botswana and South Africa are defined by the meridian. The boundary between the Atlantic Ocean and the Indian Ocean is defined by the meridian. The meridian defines the eastern limit of the New Swabia area in Queen Maud Land, Antarctica.
From Pole to Pole
Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 20th meridian east passes through:
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Co-ordinates Country, territory or sea Notes Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Arctic Ocean Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Norway
Islands of Nordaustlandet and Spitsbergen, Svalbard Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Barents Sea Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Atlantic Ocean Norwegian Sea Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Norway
Island of Vanna, and the mainland Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Sweden
For about 2 km Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Norway
For about 18 km Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Sweden
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Baltic Sea Gulf of Bothnia Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Åland Islands
Island of Fasta Åland Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Baltic Sea Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Russia
Kaliningrad Oblast (exclave) Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Poland
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Slovakia
Passes through the mountain of Kriváň Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Hungary
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Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Montenegro
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Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Mediterranean Sea Ionian Sea Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Greece
Island of Corfu Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Mediterranean Sea Ionian Sea and the Mediterranean proper Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Libya
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Mediterranean Sea Gulf of Sidra Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Libya
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Chad
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Central African Republic
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Democratic Republic of the Congo
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Angola
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Namibia
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Botswana border
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South Africa (Northern Cape) border
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. South Africa
Northern Cape
Western CapeLua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Atlantic Ocean / Indian Ocean boundary Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Southern Ocean Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Antarctica Queen Maud Land, claimed by Norway