# 24th meridian east

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The meridian 24° east of Greenwich is a line of longitude that extends from the North Pole across the Arctic Ocean, the Atlantic Ocean, Europe, Africa, the Indian Ocean, the Southern Ocean, and Antarctica to the South Pole.
The 24th meridian east forms a great circle with the 156th meridian west.
Part of the border between Libya and Sudan is defined by the meridian, as is a large section of the border between Chad and Sudan.
The only capital located on the 24th meridian east is Riga.

## From Pole to Pole

Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 24th meridian east passes through:
    Co-ordinates Country, territory or sea Notes 90°0′N 24°0′E﻿ / ﻿90.000°N 24.000°E﻿ / 90.000; 24.000﻿ (Arctic Ocean) Arctic Ocean 80°18′N 24°0′E﻿ / ﻿80.300°N 24.000°E﻿ / 80.300; 24.000﻿ (Norway)  Norway Island of Nordaustlandet, Svalbard 79°14′N 24°0′E﻿ / ﻿79.233°N 24.000°E﻿ / 79.233; 24.000﻿ (Barents Sea) Barents Sea 77°52′N 24°0′E﻿ / ﻿77.867°N 24.000°E﻿ / 77.867; 24.000﻿ (Norway)  Norway Island of Edgeøya, Svalbard 77°33′N 24°0′E﻿ / ﻿77.550°N 24.000°E﻿ / 77.550; 24.000﻿ (Barents Sea) Barents Sea 71°57′N 24°0′E﻿ / ﻿71.950°N 24.000°E﻿ / 71.950; 24.000﻿ (Atlantic Ocean) Atlantic Ocean Norwegian Sea 71°3′N 24°0′E﻿ / ﻿71.050°N 24.000°E﻿ / 71.050; 24.000﻿ (Norway)  Norway Islands of Ingøy and Rolvsøy 70°55′N 24°0′E﻿ / ﻿70.917°N 24.000°E﻿ / 70.917; 24.000﻿ (Atlantic Ocean) Atlantic Ocean Norwegian Sea 70°41′N 24°0′E﻿ / ﻿70.683°N 24.000°E﻿ / 70.683; 24.000﻿ (Norway)  Norway Island of Kvaløya, and the mainland 68°49′N 24°0′E﻿ / ﻿68.817°N 24.000°E﻿ / 68.817; 24.000﻿ (Finland)  Finland 66°50′N 24°0′E﻿ / ﻿66.833°N 24.000°E﻿ / 66.833; 24.000﻿ (Sweden)  Sweden For about 4 km 66°48′N 24°0′E﻿ / ﻿66.800°N 24.000°E﻿ / 66.800; 24.000﻿ (Finland)  Finland 66°2′N 24°0′E﻿ / ﻿66.033°N 24.000°E﻿ / 66.033; 24.000﻿ (Sweden)  Sweden 65°48′N 24°0′E﻿ / ﻿65.800°N 24.000°E﻿ / 65.800; 24.000﻿ (Baltic Sea) Baltic Sea Gulf of Bothnia 64°24′N 24°0′E﻿ / ﻿64.400°N 24.000°E﻿ / 64.400; 24.000﻿ (Finland)  Finland 60°1′N 24°0′E﻿ / ﻿60.017°N 24.000°E﻿ / 60.017; 24.000﻿ (Baltic Sea) Baltic Sea Gulf of Finland 59°21′N 24°0′E﻿ / ﻿59.350°N 24.000°E﻿ / 59.350; 24.000﻿ (Estonia)  Estonia Island of Väike-Pakri and the mainland 58°18′N 24°0′E﻿ / ﻿58.300°N 24.000°E﻿ / 58.300; 24.000﻿ (Baltic Sea) Baltic Sea Gulf of Riga 58°9′N 24°0′E﻿ / ﻿58.150°N 24.000°E﻿ / 58.150; 24.000﻿ (Estonia)  Estonia Island of Kihnu 58°6′N 24°0′E﻿ / ﻿58.100°N 24.000°E﻿ / 58.100; 24.000﻿ (Baltic Sea) Baltic Sea Gulf of Riga 57°2′N 24°0′E﻿ / ﻿57.033°N 24.000°E﻿ / 57.033; 24.000﻿ (Latvia)  Latvia Passing through west outskirts of Riga 56°20′N 24°0′E﻿ / ﻿56.333°N 24.000°E﻿ / 56.333; 24.000﻿ (Lithuania)  Lithuania Passing through Kaunas Passing just west of Birštonas 53°56′N 24°0′E﻿ / ﻿53.933°N 24.000°E﻿ / 53.933; 24.000﻿ (Belarus)  Belarus 51°35′N 24°0′E﻿ / ﻿51.583°N 24.000°E﻿ / 51.583; 24.000﻿ (Ukraine)  Ukraine Volyn Oblast — passing just east of Liuboml 50°56′N 24°0′E﻿ / ﻿50.933°N 24.000°E﻿ / 50.933; 24.000﻿ (Poland)  Poland For about 10 km 50°51′N 24°0′E﻿ / ﻿50.850°N 24.000°E﻿ / 50.850; 24.000﻿ (Ukraine)  Ukraine For about 7 km — Volyn Oblast 50°46′N 24°0′E﻿ / ﻿50.767°N 24.000°E﻿ / 50.767; 24.000﻿ (Poland)  Poland 50°26′N 24°0′E﻿ / ﻿50.433°N 24.000°E﻿ / 50.433; 24.000﻿ (Ukraine)  Ukraine Lviv Oblast — passing through Lviv Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast — passing through Dolyna Zakarpattia Oblast — passing just west of Rakhiv 47°58′N 24°0′E﻿ / ﻿47.967°N 24.000°E﻿ / 47.967; 24.000﻿ (Romania)  Romania 43°45′N 24°0′E﻿ / ﻿43.750°N 24.000°E﻿ / 43.750; 24.000﻿ (Bulgaria)  Bulgaria 41°27′N 24°0′E﻿ / ﻿41.450°N 24.000°E﻿ / 41.450; 24.000﻿ (Greece)  Greece 40°45′N 24°0′E﻿ / ﻿40.750°N 24.000°E﻿ / 40.750; 24.000﻿ (Mediterranean Sea) Mediterranean Sea Aegean Sea 40°23′N 24°0′E﻿ / ﻿40.383°N 24.000°E﻿ / 40.383; 24.000﻿ (Greece)  Greece Peninsula of Mount Athos 40°19′N 24°0′E﻿ / ﻿40.317°N 24.000°E﻿ / 40.317; 24.000﻿ (Mediterranean Sea) Mediterranean Sea Aegean Sea 40°5′N 24°0′E﻿ / ﻿40.083°N 24.000°E﻿ / 40.083; 24.000﻿ (Greece)  Greece Peninsula of Sithonia 39°58′N 24°0′E﻿ / ﻿39.967°N 24.000°E﻿ / 39.967; 24.000﻿ (Mediterranean Sea) Mediterranean Sea Aegean Sea - passing just west of the island of Kyra Panagia and just east of the islands of Alonissos and Peristera, Greece 38°41′N 24°0′E﻿ / ﻿38.683°N 24.000°E﻿ / 38.683; 24.000﻿ (Greece)  Greece Island of Euboea 38°24′N 24°0′E﻿ / ﻿38.400°N 24.000°E﻿ / 38.400; 24.000﻿ (Mediterranean Sea) Mediterranean Sea Euripus Strait, Aegean Sea 38°15′N 24°0′E﻿ / ﻿38.250°N 24.000°E﻿ / 38.250; 24.000﻿ (Greece)  Greece 37°40′N 24°0′E﻿ / ﻿37.667°N 24.000°E﻿ / 37.667; 24.000﻿ (Mediterranean Sea) Mediterranean Sea Aegean Sea and Sea of Crete 35°31′N 24°0′E﻿ / ﻿35.517°N 24.000°E﻿ / 35.517; 24.000﻿ (Greece)  Greece Island of Crete 35°13′N 24°0′E﻿ / ﻿35.217°N 24.000°E﻿ / 35.217; 24.000﻿ (Mediterranean Sea) Mediterranean Sea 34°56′N 24°0′E﻿ / ﻿34.933°N 24.000°E﻿ / 34.933; 24.000﻿ (Greece)  Greece Island of Gavdopoula 34°55′N 24°0′E﻿ / ﻿34.917°N 24.000°E﻿ / 34.917; 24.000﻿ (Mediterranean Sea) Mediterranean Sea Passing just west of the island of Gavdos, Greece 32°6′N 24°0′E﻿ / ﻿32.100°N 24.000°E﻿ / 32.100; 24.000﻿ (Libya)  Libya 20°0′N 24°0′E﻿ / ﻿20.000°N 24.000°E﻿ / 20.000; 24.000﻿ (Libya / Sudan border)  Libya / Sudan border 19°30′N 24°0′E﻿ / ﻿19.500°N 24.000°E﻿ / 19.500; 24.000﻿ (Chad / Sudan border)  Chad / Sudan border 15°42′N 24°0′E﻿ / ﻿15.700°N 24.000°E﻿ / 15.700; 24.000﻿ (Sudan)  Sudan 8°42′N 24°0′E﻿ / ﻿8.700°N 24.000°E﻿ / 8.700; 24.000﻿ (Central African Republic)  Central African Republic 5°52′N 24°0′E﻿ / ﻿5.867°N 24.000°E﻿ / 5.867; 24.000﻿ (Democratic Republic of the Congo)  Democratic Republic of the Congo 10°53′S 24°0′E﻿ / ﻿10.883°S 24.000°E﻿ / -10.883; 24.000﻿ (Zambia)  Zambia For about 5 km 10°55′S 24°0′E﻿ / ﻿10.917°S 24.000°E﻿ / -10.917; 24.000﻿ (Angola)  Angola 11°36′S 24°0′E﻿ / ﻿11.600°S 24.000°E﻿ / -11.600; 24.000﻿ (Zambia)  Zambia For about 16 km 11°45′S 24°0′E﻿ / ﻿11.750°S 24.000°E﻿ / -11.750; 24.000﻿ (Angola)  Angola For about 11 km 11°51′S 24°0′E﻿ / ﻿11.850°S 24.000°E﻿ / -11.850; 24.000﻿ (Zambia)  Zambia 12°10′S 24°0′E﻿ / ﻿12.167°S 24.000°E﻿ / -12.167; 24.000﻿ (Angola)  Angola 12°29′S 24°0′E﻿ / ﻿12.483°S 24.000°E﻿ / -12.483; 24.000﻿ (Zambia)  Zambia 12°55′S 24°0′E﻿ / ﻿12.917°S 24.000°E﻿ / -12.917; 24.000﻿ (Angola)  Angola 12°59′S 24°0′E﻿ / ﻿12.983°S 24.000°E﻿ / -12.983; 24.000﻿ (Zambia)  Zambia 17°31′S 24°0′E﻿ / ﻿17.517°S 24.000°E﻿ / -17.517; 24.000﻿ (Namibia)  Namibia Caprivi Strip 18°10′S 24°0′E﻿ / ﻿18.167°S 24.000°E﻿ / -18.167; 24.000﻿ (Botswana)  Botswana 25°37′S 24°0′E﻿ / ﻿25.617°S 24.000°E﻿ / -25.617; 24.000﻿ (South Africa)  South Africa North West Northern Cape Western Cape Eastern Cape 34°2′S 24°0′E﻿ / ﻿34.033°S 24.000°E﻿ / -34.033; 24.000﻿ (Indian Ocean) Indian Ocean 60°0′S 24°0′E﻿ / ﻿60.000°S 24.000°E﻿ / -60.000; 24.000﻿ (Southern Ocean) Southern Ocean 70°17′S 24°0′E﻿ / ﻿70.283°S 24.000°E﻿ / -70.283; 24.000﻿ (Antarctica) Antarctica Queen Maud Land, claimed by Norway