18th meridian east

The meridian 18° east of Greenwich is a line of longitude that extends from the North Pole across the Arctic Ocean, Europe, Africa, the Atlantic Ocean, the Southern Ocean, and Antarctica to the South Pole.

18°

18th meridian east

The 18th meridian east forms a great circle with the 162nd meridian west.

From Pole to Pole

Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 18th meridian east passes through:

Co-ordinates	Country, territory or sea	Notes
90°0′N 18°0′E	Arctic Ocean
80°11′N 18°0′E	Norway	Islands of Nordaustlandet and Spitsbergen, Svalbard
77°30′N 18°0′E	Atlantic Ocean	Norwegian Sea
69°31′N 18°0′E	Norway	Island of Senja and the mainland
68°4′N 18°0′E	Sweden
62°34′N 18°0′E	Baltic Sea	Gulf of Bothnia
60°36′N 18°0′E	Sweden	Passing through Stockholm, right through Friends Arena
58°56′N 18°0′E	Baltic Sea	Passing between the islands of Stora Karlsö and Gotland, Sweden
54°50′N 18°0′E	Poland	Passing through the centre of Bydgoszcz
50°1′N 18°0′E	Czech Republic
49°2′N 18°0′E	Slovakia
47°44′N 18°0′E	Hungary
45°48′N 18°0′E	Croatia	Passing just west of Slavonski Brod
45°8′N 18°0′E	Bosnia and Herzegovina
42°45′N 18°0′E	Croatia	Mainland (for about 6 km) and the island of Koločep. Passing just west of Dubrovnik
42°40′N 18°0′E	Mediterranean Sea	Adriatic Sea
40°38′N 18°0′E	Italy	Municipality of Gallipoli, Apulia.
39°59′N 18°0′E	Mediterranean Sea
30°50′N 18°0′E	Libya
22°31′N 18°0′E	Chad
7°59′N 18°0′E	Central African Republic
3°34′N 18°0′E	Republic of the Congo
1°23′N 18°0′E	Democratic Republic of the Congo
8°6′S 18°0′E	Angola
17°23′S 18°0′E	Namibia
28°49′S 18°0′E	South Africa	Northern Cape Western Cape
31°28′S 18°0′E	Atlantic Ocean
32°44′S 18°0′E	South Africa	Western Cape
33°8′S 18°0′E	Atlantic Ocean	Passing just west of Dassen Island, South Africa (at 33°25′24″S 18°5′14″E)
60°0′S 18°0′E	Southern Ocean
69°43′S 18°0′E	Antarctica	Queen Maud Land, claimed by Norway