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.

Line across the Earth
31°
31st meridian east

The 31st meridian east forms a great circle with the 149th meridian west.

From Pole to Pole

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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,   Norwegen
Passing just east of Kong Karls Land, Svalbard,   Norwegen
70°25′N 31°0′E / 70.417°N 31.000°E / 70.417; 31.000 (Norway)   Norwegen 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)   Russland
63°18′N 31°0′E / 63.300°N 31.000°E / 63.300; 31.000 (Finland)   Finnland
62°22′N 31°0′E / 62.367°N 31.000°E / 62.367; 31.000 (Russia)   Russland Passing through Lake Ladoga and Lake Ilmen
55°9′N 31°0′E / 55.150°N 31.000°E / 55.150; 31.000 (Belarus)   Weißrussland For about 3 km
55°7′N 31°0′E / 55.117°N 31.000°E / 55.117; 31.000 (Russia)   Russland For about 4 km
55°5′N 31°0′E / 55.083°N 31.000°E / 55.083; 31.000 (Belarus)   Weißrussland For about 7 km
55°1′N 31°0′E / 55.017°N 31.000°E / 55.017; 31.000 (Russia)   Russland
54°43′N 31°0′E / 54.717°N 31.000°E / 54.717; 31.000 (Belarus)   Weißrussland For about 3 km
54°41′N 31°0′E / 54.683°N 31.000°E / 54.683; 31.000 (Russia)   Russland For about 2 km
54°40′N 31°0′E / 54.667°N 31.000°E / 54.667; 31.000 (Belarus)   Weißrussland
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)   Türkei 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)   Ägypten 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)   Tansania
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)   Sambia
14°44′S 31°0′E / 14.733°S 31.000°E / -14.733; 31.000 (Mozambique)   Mosambik
16°3′S 31°0′E / 16.050°S 31.000°E / -16.050; 31.000 (Zimbabwe)   Simbabwe Passing just west of Harare
22°19′S 31°0′E / 22.317°S 31.000°E / -22.317; 31.000 (South Africa)   Südafrika 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)   Südafrika 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) Antarktis Queen Maud Land, claimed by   Norwegen

See also

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References

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