30th Meridian East - From Pole To Pole

From Pole To Pole

Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 30th meridian east passes through:

Co-ordinates Country, territory or sea Notes
90°0′N 30°0′E / 90.000°N 30.000°E / 90.000; 30.000 (Arctic Ocean) Arctic Ocean
80°9′N 30°0′E / 80.150°N 30.000°E / 80.150; 30.000 (Barents Sea) Barents Sea Passing between the islands of Kongsøya and Abeløya, Svalbard, Norway
70°42′N 30°0′E / 70.700°N 30.000°E / 70.700; 30.000 (Norway) Norway
70°4′N 30°0′E / 70.067°N 30.000°E / 70.067; 30.000 (Varangerfjord) Varangerfjord
69°51′N 30°0′E / 69.850°N 30.000°E / 69.850; 30.000 (Norway) Norway
69°25′N 30°0′E / 69.417°N 30.000°E / 69.417; 30.000 (Russia) Russia
67°41′N 30°0′E / 67.683°N 30.000°E / 67.683; 30.000 (Finland) Finland For about 8km
67°37′N 30°0′E / 67.617°N 30.000°E / 67.617; 30.000 (Russia) Russia
66°0′N 30°0′E / 66.000°N 30.000°E / 66.000; 30.000 (Finland) Finland
65°41′N 30°0′E / 65.683°N 30.000°E / 65.683; 30.000 (Russia) Russia
64°47′N 30°0′E / 64.783°N 30.000°E / 64.783; 30.000 (Finland) Finland
63°45′N 30°0′E / 63.750°N 30.000°E / 63.750; 30.000 (Russia) Russia For about 2km
63°44′N 30°0′E / 63.733°N 30.000°E / 63.733; 30.000 (Finland) Finland
61°45′N 30°0′E / 61.750°N 30.000°E / 61.750; 30.000 (Russia) Russia
60°0′N 30°0′E / 60.000°N 30.000°E / 60.000; 30.000 (Baltic Sea) Baltic Sea Gulf of Finland
59°52′N 30°0′E / 59.867°N 30.000°E / 59.867; 30.000 (Russia) Russia
55°51′N 30°0′E / 55.850°N 30.000°E / 55.850; 30.000 (Belarus) Belarus
51°29′N 30°0′E / 51.483°N 30.000°E / 51.483; 30.000 (Ukraine) Ukraine
46°30′N 30°0′E / 46.500°N 30.000°E / 46.500; 30.000 (Moldova) Moldova For about 12km
46°23′N 30°0′E / 46.383°N 30.000°E / 46.383; 30.000 (Ukraine) Ukraine
45°44′N 30°0′E / 45.733°N 30.000°E / 45.733; 30.000 (Black Sea) Black Sea
41°8′N 30°0′E / 41.133°N 30.000°E / 41.133; 30.000 (Turkey) Turkey For 548 km.
36°13′N 30°0′E / 36.217°N 30.000°E / 36.217; 30.000 (Mediterranean Sea) Mediterranean Sea
31°17′N 30°0′E / 31.283°N 30.000°E / 31.283; 30.000 (Egypt) Egypt
22°0′N 30°0′E / 22.000°N 30.000°E / 22.000; 30.000 (Sudan) Sudan
10°17′N 30°0′E / 10.283°N 30.000°E / 10.283; 30.000 (South Sudan) South Sudan
4°13′N 30°0′E / 4.217°N 30.000°E / 4.217; 30.000 (Democratic Republic of the Congo) Democratic Republic of the Congo
0°51′N 30°0′E / 0.850°N 30.000°E / 0.850; 30.000 (Uganda) Uganda
1°26′S 30°0′E / 1.433°S 30.000°E / -1.433; 30.000 (Rwanda) Rwanda Passing just west of Kigali
2°21′S 30°0′E / 2.350°S 30.000°E / -2.350; 30.000 (Burundi) Burundi
4°18′S 30°0′E / 4.300°S 30.000°E / -4.300; 30.000 (Tanzania) Tanzania
6°29′S 30°0′E / 6.483°S 30.000°E / -6.483; 30.000 (Lake Tanganyika) Lake Tanganyika
7°8′S 30°0′E / 7.133°S 30.000°E / -7.133; 30.000 (Democratic Republic of the Congo) Democratic Republic of the Congo
8°19′S 30°0′E / 8.317°S 30.000°E / -8.317; 30.000 (Zambia) Zambia
15°38′S 30°0′E / 15.633°S 30.000°E / -15.633; 30.000 (Zimbabwe) Zimbabwe
22°13′S 30°0′E / 22.217°S 30.000°E / -22.217; 30.000 (South Africa) South Africa Limpopo
Mpumalanga
KwaZulu-Natal
Eastern Cape
31°18′S 30°0′E / 31.300°S 30.000°E / -31.300; 30.000 (Indian Ocean) Indian Ocean
60°0′S 30°0′E / 60.000°S 30.000°E / -60.000; 30.000 (Southern Ocean) Southern Ocean
69°18′S 30°0′E / 69.300°S 30.000°E / -69.300; 30.000 (Antarctica) Antarctica Queen Maud Land, claimed by Norway

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