40th Meridian East - From Pole To Pole

From Pole To Pole

Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 40th meridian east passes through:

Co-ordinates	Country, territory or sea	Notes
90°0′N 40°0′E / 90.000°N 40.000°E / 90.000; 40.000 (Arctic Ocean)	Arctic Ocean
80°27′N 40°0′E / 80.450°N 40.000°E / 80.450; 40.000 (Barents Sea)	Barents Sea
67°49′N 40°0′E / 67.817°N 40.000°E / 67.817; 40.000 (Russia)	Russia	Island of Ostrov Lumbovskiy and the Kola Peninsula
66°25′N 40°0′E / 66.417°N 40.000°E / 66.417; 40.000 (White Sea)	White Sea
65°49′N 40°0′E / 65.817°N 40.000°E / 65.817; 40.000 (Russia)	Russia
65°10′N 40°0′E / 65.167°N 40.000°E / 65.167; 40.000 (White Sea)	White Sea	Dvina Bay
64°45′N 40°0′E / 64.750°N 40.000°E / 64.750; 40.000 (Russia)	Russia
49°36′N 40°0′E / 49.600°N 40.000°E / 49.600; 40.000 (Ukraine)	Ukraine
49°9′N 40°0′E / 49.150°N 40.000°E / 49.150; 40.000 (Russia)	Russia
48°53′N 40°0′E / 48.883°N 40.000°E / 48.883; 40.000 (Ukraine)	Ukraine	For about 10km
48°48′N 40°0′E / 48.800°N 40.000°E / 48.800; 40.000 (Russia)	Russia
48°17′N 40°0′E / 48.283°N 40.000°E / 48.283; 40.000 (Ukraine)	Ukraine	For about 6km
48°13′N 40°0′E / 48.217°N 40.000°E / 48.217; 40.000 (Russia)	Russia
43°23′N 40°0′E / 43.383°N 40.000°E / 43.383; 40.000 (Black Sea)	Black Sea
40°57′N 40°0′E / 40.950°N 40.000°E / 40.950; 40.000 (Turkey)	Turkey
36°49′N 40°0′E / 36.817°N 40.000°E / 36.817; 40.000 (Syria)	Syria
33°57′N 40°0′E / 33.950°N 40.000°E / 33.950; 40.000 (Iraq)	Iraq
32°1′N 40°0′E / 32.017°N 40.000°E / 32.017; 40.000 (Saudi Arabia)	Saudi Arabia
20°15′N 40°0′E / 20.250°N 40.000°E / 20.250; 40.000 (Red Sea)	Red Sea
16°3′N 40°0′E / 16.050°N 40.000°E / 16.050; 40.000 (Eritrea)	Eritrea	Dahlak Archipelago and the mainland
14°27′N 40°0′E / 14.450°N 40.000°E / 14.450; 40.000 (Ethiopia)	Ethiopia
3°56′N 40°0′E / 3.933°N 40.000°E / 3.933; 40.000 (Kenya)	Kenya
3°22′S 40°0′E / 3.367°S 40.000°E / -3.367; 40.000 (Indian Ocean)	Indian Ocean	Passing just east of the islands of Pemba, Latham and Mafia, Tanzania
10°8′S 40°0′E / 10.133°S 40.000°E / -10.133; 40.000 (Tanzania)	Tanzania
10°49′S 40°0′E / 10.817°S 40.000°E / -10.817; 40.000 (Mozambique)	Mozambique
16°12′S 40°0′E / 16.200°S 40.000°E / -16.200; 40.000 (Indian Ocean)	Indian Ocean	Passing between the atoll of Bassas da India and Europa Island, French Southern and Antarctic Lands
60°0′S 40°0′E / 60.000°S 40.000°E / -60.000; 40.000 (Southern Ocean)	Southern Ocean
68°52′S 40°0′E / 68.867°S 40.000°E / -68.867; 40.000 (Antarctica)	Antarctica	Queen Maud Land, claimed by Norway