47th meridian east

The meridian 47° 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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47th meridian east

The 47th meridian east forms a great circle with the 133rd meridian west.

From Pole to Pole

Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 47th meridian east passes through:

Co-ordinates Country, territory or sea Notes
90°0′N 47°0′E Arctic Ocean
80°46′N 47°0′E  Russia Island of Alexandra Land, Franz Josef Land
80°35′N 47°0′E Barents Sea Cambridge Channel
80°21′N 47°0′E  Russia Island of Zemlya Georga, Franz Josef Land
80°10′N 47°0′E Barents Sea
66°51′N 47°0′E  Russia
49°52′N 47°0′E  Kazakhstan
49°13′N 47°0′E  Russia For about 18km
49°3′N 47°0′E  Kazakhstan
48°16′N 47°0′E  Russia
44°48′N 47°0′E Caspian Sea Kizlyar Bay
44°21′N 47°0′E  Russia
41°34′N 47°0′E  Azerbaijan Passing through Nagorno-Karabakh
39°10′N 47°0′E  Iran
32°34′N 47°0′E  Iraq
29°41′N 47°0′E  Kuwait
29°3′N 47°0′E  Saudi Arabia Passing just east of Riyadh
16°55′N 47°0′E  Yemen
13°33′N 47°0′E Indian Ocean Gulf of Aden
10°56′N 47°0′E  Somalia Somaliland
8°0′N 47°0′E  Ethiopia
6°59′N 47°0′E  Somalia
3°26′N 47°0′E Indian Ocean Passing just west of the Glorioso Islands atoll,  French Southern and Antarctic Lands
15°18′S 47°0′E  Madagascar
25°2′S 47°0′E Indian Ocean
60°0′S 47°0′E Southern Ocean
67°17′S 47°0′E Antarctica Australian Antarctic Territory, claimed by  Australia
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