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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“Midwinter spring is its own season
Sempiternal though sodden towards sundown,
Suspended in time, between pole and tropic.”
—T.S. (Thomas Stearns)