44th meridian east

The meridian 44° east of Greenwich is a line of longitude that extends from the North Pole across the Arctic Ocean, Europe, Asia, Africa, the Indian Ocean, the Southern Ocean, and Antarctica to the South Pole.

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44th meridian east

The 44th meridian east forms a great circle with the 136th meridian west.

From Pole to Pole

Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 44th meridian east passes through:

Co-ordinates Country, territory or sea Notes
90°0′N 44°0′E Arctic Ocean
80°34′N 44°0′E Barents Sea
68°33′N 44°0′E  Russia Kanin Peninsula
68°23′N 44°0′E White Sea
67°34′N 44°0′E  Russia Kanin Peninsula
67°10′N 44°0′E White Sea Mezen Bay
66°5′N 44°0′E  Russia Passing through Nizhny Novgorod
42°35′N 44°0′E  South Ossetia or  Georgia South Ossetia is a partially recognised state. Most nations consider its territory to be part of Georgia.
42°11′N 44°0′E  Georgia
41°10′N 44°0′E  Armenia
40°1′N 44°0′E  Turkey
37°18′N 44°0′E  Iraq Passing just west of Erbil
29°44′N 44°0′E  Saudi Arabia
17°22′N 44°0′E  Yemen
12°36′N 44°0′E Indian Ocean Gulf of Aden
10°39′N 44°0′E  Somalia Somaliland - passing just west of Hargeisa
9°0′N 44°0′E  Ethiopia
4°57′N 44°0′E  Somalia
1°5′N 44°0′E Indian Ocean Passing between the islands of Mohéli and Anjouan,  Comoros
17°21′S 44°0′E  Madagascar
17°44′S 44°0′E Indian Ocean
20°45′S 44°0′E  Madagascar
24°51′S 44°0′E Indian Ocean
60°0′S 44°0′E Southern Ocean
68°2′S 44°0′E Antarctica Queen Maud Land, claimed by  Norway
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