31st meridian east

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31st meridian east

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The meridian 31° east of Greenwich is a line of longitude^[1] 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.

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 / 90.000°N 31.000°E / 90.000; 31.000 (Arctic Ocean)	Arctic Ocean
80°10′N 31°0′E / 80.167°N 31.000°E / 80.167; 31.000 (Barents Sea)	Barents Sea	Passing just west of Kvitøya, Svalbard, Norway Passing just east of Kong Karls Land, Svalbard, Norway
70°25′N 31°0′E / 70.417°N 31.000°E / 70.417; 31.000 (Norway)	Norway	Varanger Peninsula - easternmost point of the country
70°16′N 31°0′E / 70.267°N 31.000°E / 70.267; 31.000 (Varangerfjord)	Varangerfjord
69°46′N 31°0′E / 69.767°N 31.000°E / 69.767; 31.000 (Russia)	Russia
63°18′N 31°0′E / 63.300°N 31.000°E / 63.300; 31.000 (Finland)	Finland
62°22′N 31°0′E / 62.367°N 31.000°E / 62.367; 31.000 (Russia)	Russia	Passing through Lake Ladoga and Lake Ilmen
55°9′N 31°0′E / 55.150°N 31.000°E / 55.150; 31.000 (Belarus)	Belarus	For about 3 km
55°7′N 31°0′E / 55.117°N 31.000°E / 55.117; 31.000 (Russia)	Russia	For about 4 km
55°5′N 31°0′E / 55.083°N 31.000°E / 55.083; 31.000 (Belarus)	Belarus	For about 7 km
55°1′N 31°0′E / 55.017°N 31.000°E / 55.017; 31.000 (Russia)	Russia
54°43′N 31°0′E / 54.717°N 31.000°E / 54.717; 31.000 (Belarus)	Belarus	For about 3 km
54°41′N 31°0′E / 54.683°N 31.000°E / 54.683; 31.000 (Russia)	Russia	For about 2 km
54°40′N 31°0′E / 54.667°N 31.000°E / 54.667; 31.000 (Belarus)	Belarus
52°4′N 31°0′E / 52.067°N 31.000°E / 52.067; 31.000 (Ukraine)	Ukraine	For about 610 km.
46°35′N 31°0′E / 46.583°N 31.000°E / 46.583; 31.000 (Black Sea)	Black Sea
41°5′N 31°0′E / 41.083°N 31.000°E / 41.083; 31.000 (Turkey)	Turkey	For 474 km.
36°52′N 31°0′E / 36.867°N 31.000°E / 36.867; 31.000 (Mediterranean Sea)	Mediterranean Sea
31°35′N 31°0′E / 31.583°N 31.000°E / 31.583; 31.000 (Egypt)	Egypt	Passing just west of Cairo
22°0′N 31°0′E / 22.000°N 31.000°E / 22.000; 31.000 (Sudan)	Sudan
9°45′N 31°0′E / 9.750°N 31.000°E / 9.750; 31.000 (South Sudan)	South Sudan
3°42′N 31°0′E / 3.700°N 31.000°E / 3.700; 31.000 (Uganda)	Uganda
2°24′N 31°0′E / 2.400°N 31.000°E / 2.400; 31.000 (Democratic Republic of the Congo)	Democratic Republic of the Congo
1°56′N 31°0′E / 1.933°N 31.000°E / 1.933; 31.000 (Lake Albert)	Lake Albert
1°32′N 31°0′E / 1.533°N 31.000°E / 1.533; 31.000 (Uganda)	Uganda
1°0′S 31°0′E / 1.000°S 31.000°E / -1.000; 31.000 (Tanzania)	Tanzania
8°16′S 31°0′E / 8.267°S 31.000°E / -8.267; 31.000 (Lake Tanganyika)	Lake Tanganyika
8°46′S 31°0′E / 8.767°S 31.000°E / -8.767; 31.000 (Zambia)	Zambia
14°44′S 31°0′E / 14.733°S 31.000°E / -14.733; 31.000 (Mozambique)	Mozambique
16°3′S 31°0′E / 16.050°S 31.000°E / -16.050; 31.000 (Zimbabwe)	Zimbabwe	Passing just west of Harare
22°19′S 31°0′E / 22.317°S 31.000°E / -22.317; 31.000 (South Africa)	South Africa	Limpopo Mpumalanga - passing just east of Mbombela (formerly Nelspruit)
26°12′S 31°0′E / 26.200°S 31.000°E / -26.200; 31.000 (Swaziland)	Eswatini
27°2′S 31°0′E / 27.033°S 31.000°E / -27.033; 31.000 (South Africa)	South Africa	Mpumalanga KwaZulu-Natal - passing through Durban
29°57′S 31°0′E / 29.950°S 31.000°E / -29.950; 31.000 (Indian Ocean)	Indian Ocean
60°0′S 31°0′E / 60.000°S 31.000°E / -60.000; 31.000 (Southern Ocean)	Southern Ocean
69°2′S 31°0′E / 69.033°S 31.000°E / -69.033; 31.000 (Antarctica)	Antarctica	Queen Maud Land, claimed by Norway

References

^ "What is longitude?". oceanservice.noaa.gov. Retrieved 30 June 2025.

[1] "What is longitude?". oceanservice.noaa.gov. Retrieved 30 June 2025.

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