# 31st meridian east

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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.
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