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45th meridian east

 
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Coordinates: 0°S 45°E / 0°S 45°E / -0; 45 (Equator)

The meridian 45° 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.

The 45th meridian east forms a great circle with the 135th meridian west.
Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 45th meridian east passes through:

Co-ordinates Country, territory or sea Notes
90°0′N 45°0′E / 90°N 45°E / 90; 45 (Arctic Ocean) Arctic Ocean
80°37′N 45°0′E / 80.617°N 45°E / 80.617; 45 (Russia)  Russia Island of Alexandra Land
80°35′N 45°0′E / 80.583°N 45°E / 80.583; 45 (Barents Sea) Barents Sea
68°32′N 45°0′E / 68.533°N 45°E / 68.533; 45 (Russia)  Russia Kanin Peninsula
67°30′N 45°0′E / 67.5°N 45°E / 67.5; 45 (Barents Sea) Barents Sea Chesha Bay
67°18′N 45°0′E / 67.3°N 45°E / 67.3; 45 (Russia)  Russia
42°43′N 45°0′E / 42.717°N 45°E / 42.717; 45 (Georgia)  Georgia
41°18′N 45°0′E / 41.3°N 45°E / 41.3; 45 (Armenia)  Armenia
41°3′N 45°0′E / 41.05°N 45°E / 41.05; 45 (Azerbaijan)  Azerbaijan Yukhari Askipara exclave surrounded by  Armenia
41°0′N 45°0′E / 41°N 45°E / 41; 45 (Armenia)  Armenia Passing through Lake Sevan
39°44′N 45°0′E / 39.733°N 45°E / 39.733; 45 (Azerbaijan)  Azerbaijan Nakhchivan exclave
39°25′N 45°0′E / 39.417°N 45°E / 39.417; 45 (Iran)  Iran
36°45′N 45°0′E / 36.75°N 45°E / 36.75; 45 (Iraq)  Iraq
29°10′N 45°0′E / 29.167°N 45°E / 29.167; 45 (Saudi Arabia)  Saudi Arabia
17°24′N 45°0′E / 17.4°N 45°E / 17.4; 45 (Yemen)  Yemen
12°46′N 45°0′E / 12.767°N 45°E / 12.767; 45 (Indian Ocean) Indian Ocean Gulf of Aden
10°27′N 45°0′E / 10.45°N 45°E / 10.45; 45 (Somalia)  Somalia Somaliland
8°40′N 45°0′E / 8.667°N 45°E / 8.667; 45 (Ethiopia)  Ethiopia
4°56′N 45°0′E / 4.933°N 45°E / 4.933; 45 (Somalia)  Somalia
1°51′N 45°0′E / 1.85°N 45°E / 1.85; 45 (Indian Ocean) Indian Ocean Passing just west of Mayotte, an overseas collectivity of  France
16°8′S 45°0′E / 16.133°S 45°E / -16.133; 45 (Madagascar)  Madagascar
25°30′S 45°0′E / 25.5°S 45°E / -25.5; 45 (Indian Ocean) Indian Ocean
60°0′S 45°0′E / 60°S 45°E / -60; 45 (Southern Ocean) Southern Ocean
67°46′S 45°0′E / 67.767°S 45°E / -67.767; 45 (Antarctica) Antarctica Australian Antarctic Territory, claimed by  Australia

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