45th meridian east

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Line across the Earth
45°
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The meridian 45° east of Greenwich is a line of longitude[1] that extends from the North Pole across the Arctic Ocean, Europe, Asia, Africa, the Indian Ocean, the Southern Ocean, and Antarctica to the South Pole.

The 45th meridian east forms a great circle with the 135th meridian west. The meridian is the mid point of the Moscow Time.

From Pole to Pole

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Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 45th meridian east passes through:

Co-ordinates Country, territory or sea Notes
Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. Arctic Ocean
Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found.  Russia Island of Alexandra Land
Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. Barents Sea
Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found.  Russia Kanin Peninsula
Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. Barents Sea Chesha Bay
Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found.  Russia Passing through Penza
Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found.  Georgia Passing through Tbilisi
Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found.  Armenia
Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found.  Azerbaijan Yukhari Askipara exclave surrounded by  Armenia
Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found.  Armenia Passing through Lake Sevan
Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found.  Azerbaijan Nakhchivan exclave
Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found.  Iran Passing just west of Urmia
Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found.  Iraq
Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. Error creating thumbnail:  Saudi Arabia
Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. File:Flag of Yemen.svg Yemen Passing just west of Aden (at Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found.)
Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. Indian Ocean Gulf of Aden
Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. File:Flag of Somalia.svg Somalia Somaliland - passing just east of Berbera
Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. File:Flag of Ethiopia.svg Ethiopia
Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. File:Flag of Somalia.svg Somalia
Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. Indian Ocean Passing just west of Mayotte, an overseas department of File:Flag of France.svg France
Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. File:Flag of Madagascar.svg Madagascar
Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. Indian Ocean
Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. Southern Ocean
Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. Antarctica Australian Antarctic Territory, claimed by File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia

See also

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References

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