From Pole To Pole
Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 47th meridian east passes through:
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Co-ordinates Country, territory or sea Notes 90°0′N 47°0′E / 90.000°N 47.000°E / 90.000; 47.000 (Arctic Ocean) Arctic Ocean 80°46′N 47°0′E / 80.767°N 47.000°E / 80.767; 47.000 (Russia) Russia Island of Alexandra Land, Franz Josef Land 80°35′N 47°0′E / 80.583°N 47.000°E / 80.583; 47.000 (Barents Sea) Barents Sea Cambridge Channel 80°21′N 47°0′E / 80.350°N 47.000°E / 80.350; 47.000 (Russia) Russia Island of Zemlya Georga, Franz Josef Land 80°10′N 47°0′E / 80.167°N 47.000°E / 80.167; 47.000 (Barents Sea) Barents Sea 66°51′N 47°0′E / 66.850°N 47.000°E / 66.850; 47.000 (Russia) Russia 49°52′N 47°0′E / 49.867°N 47.000°E / 49.867; 47.000 (Kazakhstan) Kazakhstan 49°13′N 47°0′E / 49.217°N 47.000°E / 49.217; 47.000 (Russia) Russia For about 18km 49°3′N 47°0′E / 49.050°N 47.000°E / 49.050; 47.000 (Kazakhstan) Kazakhstan 48°16′N 47°0′E / 48.267°N 47.000°E / 48.267; 47.000 (Russia) Russia 44°48′N 47°0′E / 44.800°N 47.000°E / 44.800; 47.000 (Caspian Sea) Caspian Sea Kizlyar Bay 44°21′N 47°0′E / 44.350°N 47.000°E / 44.350; 47.000 (Russia) Russia 41°34′N 47°0′E / 41.567°N 47.000°E / 41.567; 47.000 (Azerbaijan) Azerbaijan Passing through Nagorno-Karabakh 39°10′N 47°0′E / 39.167°N 47.000°E / 39.167; 47.000 (Iran) Iran 32°34′N 47°0′E / 32.567°N 47.000°E / 32.567; 47.000 (Iraq) Iraq 29°41′N 47°0′E / 29.683°N 47.000°E / 29.683; 47.000 (Kuwait) Kuwait 29°3′N 47°0′E / 29.050°N 47.000°E / 29.050; 47.000 (Saudi Arabia) Saudi Arabia Passing just east of Riyadh 16°55′N 47°0′E / 16.917°N 47.000°E / 16.917; 47.000 (Yemen) Yemen 13°33′N 47°0′E / 13.550°N 47.000°E / 13.550; 47.000 (Indian Ocean) Indian Ocean Gulf of Aden 10°56′N 47°0′E / 10.933°N 47.000°E / 10.933; 47.000 (Somalia) Somalia Somaliland 8°0′N 47°0′E / 8.000°N 47.000°E / 8.000; 47.000 (Ethiopia) Ethiopia 6°59′N 47°0′E / 6.983°N 47.000°E / 6.983; 47.000 (Somalia) Somalia 3°26′N 47°0′E / 3.433°N 47.000°E / 3.433; 47.000 (Indian Ocean) Indian Ocean Passing just west of the Glorioso Islands atoll, French Southern and Antarctic Lands 15°18′S 47°0′E / 15.300°S 47.000°E / -15.300; 47.000 (Madagascar) Madagascar 25°2′S 47°0′E / 25.033°S 47.000°E / -25.033; 47.000 (Indian Ocean) Indian Ocean 60°0′S 47°0′E / 60.000°S 47.000°E / -60.000; 47.000 (Southern Ocean) Southern Ocean 67°17′S 47°0′E / 67.283°S 47.000°E / -67.283; 47.000 (Antarctica) Antarctica Australian Antarctic Territory, claimed by Australia
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Famous quotes containing the words pole to pole and/or pole:
“Oh Sleep! it is a gentle thing,
Beloved from pole to pole!
To Mary Queen the praise be given!
She sent the gentle sleep from Heaven,
That slid into my soul.”
—Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772–1834)
“This man was very clever and quick to learn anything in his line. Our tent was of a kind new to him; but when he had once seen it pitched, it was surprising how quickly he would find and prepare the pole and forked stakes to pitch it with, cutting and placing them right the first time, though I am sure that the majority of white men would have blundered several times.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)