The meridian 19° 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.

Line across the Earth
19°
19th meridian east

The 19th meridian east forms a great circle with the 161st meridian west.

From Pole to Pole

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Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 19th meridian east passes through:

Co-ordinates Country, territory or sea Notes
90°0′N 19°0′E / 90.000°N 19.000°E / 90.000; 19.000 (Arctic Ocean) Arctic Ocean
80°9′N 19°0′E / 80.150°N 19.000°E / 80.150; 19.000 (Norway)   Norwegen Islands of Nordaustlandet and Spitsbergen, Svalbard
78°5′N 19°0′E / 78.083°N 19.000°E / 78.083; 19.000 (Barents Sea) Barents Sea
74°31′N 19°0′E / 74.517°N 19.000°E / 74.517; 19.000 (Norway)   Norwegen Bear Island
74°23′N 19°0′E / 74.383°N 19.000°E / 74.383; 19.000 (Atlantic Ocean) Atlantic Ocean Norwegian Sea
70°11′N 19°0′E / 70.183°N 19.000°E / 70.183; 19.000 (Norway)   Norwegen Islands of Nordkvaløya, Ringvassøya, Kvaløya, Tromsøya and the mainland
68°31′N 19°0′E / 68.517°N 19.000°E / 68.517; 19.000 (Sweden)   Schweden
63°12′N 19°0′E / 63.200°N 19.000°E / 63.200; 19.000 (Baltic Sea) Baltic Sea Gulf of Bothnia
59°54′N 19°0′E / 59.900°N 19.000°E / 59.900; 19.000 (Sweden)   Schweden
59°42′N 19°0′E / 59.700°N 19.000°E / 59.700; 19.000 (Baltic Sea) Baltic Sea Passing just west of the island of Gotska Sandön,   Schweden
57°55′N 19°0′E / 57.917°N 19.000°E / 57.917; 19.000 (Sweden)   Schweden Island of Gotland
57°46′N 19°0′E / 57.767°N 19.000°E / 57.767; 19.000 (Baltic Sea) Baltic Sea
54°21′N 19°0′E / 54.350°N 19.000°E / 54.350; 19.000 (Poland)   Polen Passing just west of Katowice
49°24′N 19°0′E / 49.400°N 19.000°E / 49.400; 19.000 (Slovakia)   Slowakei
48°3′N 19°0′E / 48.050°N 19.000°E / 48.050; 19.000 (Hungary)   Ungarn Passing just west of Budapest
45°57′N 19°0′E / 45.950°N 19.000°E / 45.950; 19.000 (Serbia)   Serbien
45°33′N 19°0′E / 45.550°N 19.000°E / 45.550; 19.000 (Croatia)   Kroatien For about 16 km
45°24′N 19°0′E / 45.400°N 19.000°E / 45.400; 19.000 (Serbia)   Serbien For about 4 km
45°22′N 19°0′E / 45.367°N 19.000°E / 45.367; 19.000 (Croatia)   Kroatien
44°51′N 19°0′E / 44.850°N 19.000°E / 44.850; 19.000 (Bosnia and Herzegovina)   Bosnien und Herzegowina
43°32′N 19°0′E / 43.533°N 19.000°E / 43.533; 19.000 (Montenegro)   Montenegro For about 13 km
43°24′N 19°0′E / 43.400°N 19.000°E / 43.400; 19.000 (Bosnia and Herzegovina)   Bosnien und Herzegowina For about 14 km
43°16′N 19°0′E / 43.267°N 19.000°E / 43.267; 19.000 (Montenegro)   Montenegro
42°9′N 19°0′E / 42.150°N 19.000°E / 42.150; 19.000 (Mediterranean Sea) Mediterranean Sea
30°16′N 19°0′E / 30.267°N 19.000°E / 30.267; 19.000 (Libya)   Libyen
22°2′N 19°0′E / 22.033°N 19.000°E / 22.033; 19.000 (Chad)   Tschad
8°59′N 19°0′E / 8.983°N 19.000°E / 8.983; 19.000 (Central African Republic)   Zentralafrikanische Republik
8°46′N 19°0′E / 8.767°N 19.000°E / 8.767; 19.000 (Chad)   Tschad
8°31′N 19°0′E / 8.517°N 19.000°E / 8.517; 19.000 (Central African Republic)   Zentralafrikanische Republik
4°44′N 19°0′E / 4.733°N 19.000°E / 4.733; 19.000 (Democratic Republic of the Congo)   Democratic Republic of the Congo
8°0′S 19°0′E / 8.000°S 19.000°E / -8.000; 19.000 (Angola)   Angola
17°50′S 19°0′E / 17.833°S 19.000°E / -17.833; 19.000 (Namibia)   Namibia
28°54′S 19°0′E / 28.900°S 19.000°E / -28.900; 19.000 (South Africa)   Südafrika Northern Cape
Western Cape
34°20′S 19°0′E / 34.333°S 19.000°E / -34.333; 19.000 (Atlantic Ocean) Atlantic Ocean
60°0′S 19°0′E / 60.000°S 19.000°E / -60.000; 19.000 (Southern Ocean) Southern Ocean
69°56′S 19°0′E / 69.933°S 19.000°E / -69.933; 19.000 (Antarctica) Antarktis Queen Maud Land, claimed by   Norwegen

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