14th meridian east

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14th meridian east

The meridian 14° east of Greenwich is a line of longitude that extends from the North Pole across the Arctic Ocean, Europe, Africa, the Atlantic Ocean, the Southern Ocean, and Antarctica to the South Pole.

The 14th meridian east forms a great circle with the 166th meridian west.

From Pole to Pole

Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 14th meridian east passes through:

Co-ordinates Country, territory or sea Notes
90°0′N 14°0′E / 90.000°N 14.000°E / 90.000; 14.000 (Arctic Ocean) Arctic Ocean
79°35′N 14°0′E / 79.583°N 14.000°E / 79.583; 14.000 (Norway)  Norway Island of Spitsbergen, Svalbard
77°25′N 14°0′E / 77.417°N 14.000°E / 77.417; 14.000 (Atlantic Ocean) Atlantic Ocean Norwegian Sea
68°20′N 14°0′E / 68.333°N 14.000°E / 68.333; 14.000 (Norway)  Norway Island of Vestvågøy
68°12′N 14°0′E / 68.200°N 14.000°E / 68.200; 14.000 (Atlantic Ocean) Atlantic Ocean Norwegian Sea
67°17′N 14°0′E / 67.283°N 14.000°E / 67.283; 14.000 (Norway)  Norway
64°53′N 14°0′E / 64.883°N 14.000°E / 64.883; 14.000 (Sweden)  Sweden
64°29′N 14°0′E / 64.483°N 14.000°E / 64.483; 14.000 (Norway)  Norway
64°3′N 14°0′E / 64.050°N 14.000°E / 64.050; 14.000 (Sweden)  Sweden Passing through Vänern lake
55°25′N 14°0′E / 55.417°N 14.000°E / 55.417; 14.000 (Baltic Sea) Baltic Sea
54°4′N 14°0′E / 54.067°N 14.000°E / 54.067; 14.000 (Germany)  Germany Island of Usedom
53°51′N 14°0′E / 53.850°N 14.000°E / 53.850; 14.000 (Szczecin Lagoon) Szczecin Lagoon
53°46′N 14°0′E / 53.767°N 14.000°E / 53.767; 14.000 (Germany)  Germany Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Brandenburg, Saxony
50°49′N 14°0′E / 50.817°N 14.000°E / 50.817; 14.000 (Czech Republic)  Czech Republic
48°43′N 14°0′E / 48.717°N 14.000°E / 48.717; 14.000 (Austria)  Austria
46°29′N 14°0′E / 46.483°N 14.000°E / 46.483; 14.000 (Slovenia)  Slovenia
45°31′N 14°0′E / 45.517°N 14.000°E / 45.517; 14.000 (Croatia)  Croatia Istria
44°48′N 14°0′E / 44.800°N 14.000°E / 44.800; 14.000 (Adriatic Sea) Adriatic Sea
42°41′N 14°0′E / 42.683°N 14.000°E / 42.683; 14.000 (Italy)  Italy Mainland and the island of Procida
40°45′N 14°0′E / 40.750°N 14.000°E / 40.750; 14.000 (Mediterranean Sea) Mediterranean Sea Tyrrhenian Sea
38°2′N 14°0′E / 38.033°N 14.000°E / 38.033; 14.000 (Italy)  Italy Island of Sicily
37°6′N 14°0′E / 37.100°N 14.000°E / 37.100; 14.000 (Mediterranean Sea) Mediterranean Sea Passing just west of the island of Gozo,  Malta
32°44′N 14°0′E / 32.733°N 14.000°E / 32.733; 14.000 (Libya)  Libya
22°48′N 14°0′E / 22.800°N 14.000°E / 22.800; 14.000 (Niger)  Niger
15°12′N 14°0′E / 15.200°N 14.000°E / 15.200; 14.000 (Chad)  Chad The border with Nigeria is in Lake Chad
13°11′N 14°0′E / 13.183°N 14.000°E / 13.183; 14.000 (Nigeria)  Nigeria
11°19′N 14°0′E / 11.317°N 14.000°E / 11.317; 14.000 (Cameroon)  Cameroon
2°10′N 14°0′E / 2.167°N 14.000°E / 2.167; 14.000 (Republic of the Congo)  Republic of the Congo
1°25′N 14°0′E / 1.417°N 14.000°E / 1.417; 14.000 (Gabon)  Gabon
0°23′N 14°0′E / 0.383°N 14.000°E / 0.383; 14.000 (Republic of the Congo)  Republic of the Congo
0°13′S 14°0′E / 0.217°S 14.000°E / -0.217; 14.000 (Gabon)  Gabon
2°27′S 14°0′E / 2.450°S 14.000°E / -2.450; 14.000 (Republic of the Congo)  Republic of the Congo
4°28′S 14°0′E / 4.467°S 14.000°E / -4.467; 14.000 (Democratic Republic of the Congo)  Democratic Republic of the Congo
5°51′S 14°0′E / 5.850°S 14.000°E / -5.850; 14.000 (Angola)  Angola
17°25′S 14°0′E / 17.417°S 14.000°E / -17.417; 14.000 (Namibia)  Namibia
21°49′S 14°0′E / 21.817°S 14.000°E / -21.817; 14.000 (Atlantic Ocean) Atlantic Ocean
60°0′S 14°0′E / 60.000°S 14.000°E / -60.000; 14.000 (Southern Ocean) Southern Ocean
69°22′S 14°0′E / 69.367°S 14.000°E / -69.367; 14.000 (Antarctica) Antarctica Queen Maud Land, claimed by  Norway

See also

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