23rd meridian east

The meridian 23° east of Greenwich is a line of longitude that extends from the North Pole across the Arctic Ocean, the Atlantic Ocean, Europe, Africa, the Indian Ocean, the Southern Ocean, and Antarctica to the South Pole.

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23rd meridian east

The 23rd meridian east forms a great circle with the 157th meridian west.

From Pole to Pole

Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 23rd meridian east passes through:

Co-ordinates	Country, territory or sea	Notes
90°0′N 23°0′E	Arctic Ocean
80°27′N 23°0′E	Norway	Island of Nordaustlandet, Svalbard
79°16′N 23°0′E	Barents Sea
78°13′N 23°0′E	Norway	Island of Edgeøya, Svalbard
77°18′N 23°0′E	Barents Sea
72°25′N 23°0′E	Atlantic Ocean	Norwegian Sea
70°51′N 23°0′E	Norway	Islands of Sørøya, Seiland, Stjernøya and the mainland
68°42′N 23°0′E	Finland
68°19′N 23°0′E	Sweden
65°45′N 23°0′E	Baltic Sea	Gulf of Bothnia
63°49′N 23°0′E	Finland
59°50′N 23°0′E	Baltic Sea
58°55′N 23°0′E	Estonia	Island of Hiiumaa
58°50′N 23°0′E	Baltic Sea	Kassaare Bay
58°36′N 23°0′E	Estonia	Island of Saaremaa
58°21′N 23°0′E	Baltic Sea	Gulf of Riga - passing just west of the island of Ruhnu, Estonia
57°24′N 23°0′E	Latvia
56°24′N 23°0′E	Lithuania
54°22′N 23°0′E	Poland	Passing just west of Białystok
49°51′N 23°0′E	Ukraine	Lviv Oblast — passing just west of Sambir Zakarpattia Oblast — passing just east of Mukacheve
48°0′N 23°0′E	Romania
44°6′N 23°0′E	Bulgaria	For about 9 km
44°1′N 23°0′E	Romania
43°49′N 23°0′E	Bulgaria
43°12′N 23°0′E	Serbia	For about 7 km - easternmost point of the country
43°9′N 23°0′E	Bulgaria
41°47′N 23°0′E	North Macedonia	For about 10 km - easternmost point of the country
41°41′N 23°0′E	Bulgaria
41°20′N 23°0′E	Greece
40°22′N 23°0′E	Mediterranean Sea	Aegean Sea
39°33′N 23°0′E	Greece
39°21′N 23°0′E	Mediterranean Sea	Pagasetic Gulf, Aegean Sea
39°1′N 23°0′E	Greece	Mainland and island of Euboea
38°53′N 23°0′E	Mediterranean Sea	Euripus Strait, Aegean Sea
38°45′N 23°0′E	Greece
38°13′N 23°0′E	Alkyonides Gulf
38°4′N 23°0′E	Greece	Peloponnese
37°29′N 23°0′E	Mediterranean Sea	Argolic Gulf, Aegean Sea
37°2′N 23°0′E	Greece	Peloponnese
36°31′N 23°0′E	Mediterranean Sea
36°19′N 23°0′E	Greece	Island of Kythira
36°9′N 23°0′E	Mediterranean Sea
32°39′N 23°0′E	Libya
20°1′N 23°0′E	Chad
15°35′N 23°0′E	Sudan
10°43′N 23°0′E	Central African Republic
4°47′N 23°0′E	Democratic Republic of the Congo
11°6′S 23°0′E	Angola
13°0′S 23°0′E	Zambia
17°17′S 23°0′E	Angola
17°43′S 23°0′E	Namibia	Caprivi Strip
18°1′S 23°0′E	Botswana
25°20′S 23°0′E	South Africa	North West Northern Cape Western Cape Eastern Cape Western Cape
34°4′S 23°0′E	Indian Ocean
60°0′S 23°0′E	Southern Ocean
70°6′S 23°0′E	Antarctica	Queen Maud Land, claimed by Norway