41st Meridian East
The meridian 41° 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.
Part of the border between Kenya and Somalia runs about 1 km west of the meridian, parallel to it.
The 41st meridian east forms a great circle with the 139th meridian west.
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