47th meridian east

The meridian 47° east of Greenwich is a line of longitude that extends from the North Pole across the Arctic Ocean, Europe, Asia, Africa, the Indian Ocean, the Southern Ocean, and Antarctica to the South Pole.

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47th meridian east

The 47th meridian east forms a great circle with the 133rd meridian west.

From Pole to Pole

Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 47th meridian east passes through:

Co-ordinates	Country, territory or sea	Notes
90°0′N 47°0′E	Arctic Ocean
80°46′N 47°0′E	Russland	Island of Alexandra Land, Franz Josef Land
80°35′N 47°0′E	Barents Sea	Cambridge Channel
80°21′N 47°0′E	Russland	Island of Zemlya Georga, Franz Josef Land
80°10′N 47°0′E	Barents Sea
66°51′N 47°0′E	Russland
49°52′N 47°0′E	Kasachstan
49°13′N 47°0′E	Russland	For about 18km
49°3′N 47°0′E	Kasachstan
48°16′N 47°0′E	Russland
44°48′N 47°0′E	Caspian Sea	Kizlyar Bay
44°21′N 47°0′E	Russland
41°34′N 47°0′E	Aserbaidschan	Passing through Nagorno-Karabakh
39°10′N 47°0′E	Iran
32°34′N 47°0′E	Iraq
29°41′N 47°0′E	Kuwait
29°3′N 47°0′E	Saudi-Arabien	Passing just east of Riyadh
16°55′N 47°0′E	Jemen
13°33′N 47°0′E	Indian Ocean	Gulf of Aden
10°56′N 47°0′E	Somalia	Somaliland
8°0′N 47°0′E	Äthiopien
6°59′N 47°0′E	Somalia
3°26′N 47°0′E	Indian Ocean	Passing just west of the Glorioso Islands atoll, French Southern and Antarctic Lands
15°18′S 47°0′E	Madagaskar
25°2′S 47°0′E	Indian Ocean
60°0′S 47°0′E	Southern Ocean
67°17′S 47°0′E	Antarktis	Australian Antarctic Territory, claimed by Australien

See also

• 46th meridian east
• 48th meridian east