From Pole To Pole
Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 4th meridian east passes through:
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Co-ordinates Country, territory or sea Notes 90°0′N 4°0′E / 90.000°N 4.000°E / 90.000; 4.000 (Arctic Ocean) Arctic Ocean 81°25′N 4°0′E / 81.417°N 4.000°E / 81.417; 4.000 (Atlantic Ocean) Atlantic Ocean 61°0′N 4°0′E / 61.000°N 4.000°E / 61.000; 4.000 (North Sea) North Sea 51°50′N 4°0′E / 51.833°N 4.000°E / 51.833; 4.000 (Netherlands) Netherlands Islands of Goeree-Overflakkee and Schouwen-Duiveland
Peninsulas of Tholen and Zuid-Beveland
Zeelandic Flanders51°14′N 4°0′E / 51.233°N 4.000°E / 51.233; 4.000 (Belgium) Belgium 50°21′N 4°0′E / 50.350°N 4.000°E / 50.350; 4.000 (France) France 43°33′N 4°0′E / 43.550°N 4.000°E / 43.550; 4.000 (Mediterranean Sea) Mediterranean Sea 40°4′N 4°0′E / 40.067°N 4.000°E / 40.067; 4.000 (Spain) Spain Island of Minorca 39°55′N 4°0′E / 39.917°N 4.000°E / 39.917; 4.000 (Mediterranean Sea) Mediterranean Sea 36°54′N 4°0′E / 36.900°N 4.000°E / 36.900; 4.000 (Algeria) Algeria 19°5′N 4°0′E / 19.083°N 4.000°E / 19.083; 4.000 (Mali) Mali 16°6′N 4°0′E / 16.100°N 4.000°E / 16.100; 4.000 (Niger) Niger For about 8km 16°1′N 4°0′E / 16.017°N 4.000°E / 16.017; 4.000 (Mali) Mali For about 5km 15°59′N 4°0′E / 15.983°N 4.000°E / 15.983; 4.000 (Niger) Niger 12°51′N 4°0′E / 12.850°N 4.000°E / 12.850; 4.000 (Nigeria) Nigeria 6°25′N 4°0′E / 6.417°N 4.000°E / 6.417; 4.000 (Atlantic Ocean) Atlantic Ocean 60°0′S 4°0′E / 60.000°S 4.000°E / -60.000; 4.000 (Southern Ocean) Atlantic Ocean 70°3′S 4°0′E / 70.050°S 4.000°E / -70.050; 4.000 (Antarctica) Antarctica Queen Maud Land, claimed by Norway
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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 (17721834)
“No exile at the South Pole or on the summit of Mont Blanc separates us more effectively from others than the practice of a hidden vice.”
—Marcel Proust (18711922)