11th meridian east

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11th meridian east

The meridian 11° 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.

The 11th meridian east forms a great circle with the 169th meridian west.

From Pole to Pole[edit]

Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 11th meridian east passes through:

Co-ordinates Country, territory or sea Notes
90°0′N 11°0′E / 90.000°N 11.000°E / 90.000; 11.000 (Arctic Ocean) Arctic Ocean
79°45′N 11°0′E / 79.750°N 11.000°E / 79.750; 11.000 (Norway)  Norway Islands of Spitsbergen and Prince Charles Foreland, Svalbard
78°30′N 11°0′E / 78.500°N 11.000°E / 78.500; 11.000 (Atlantic Ocean) Atlantic Ocean
64°57′N 11°0′E / 64.950°N 11.000°E / 64.950; 11.000 (Norway)  Norway Entering at Vikna in Nord-Trøndelag. Exiting at Kirkeøy in Østfold.
58°57′N 11°0′E / 58.950°N 11.000°E / 58.950; 11.000 (Sweden)  Sweden Koster Islands
58°52′N 11°0′E / 58.867°N 11.000°E / 58.867; 11.000 (Skagerrak) Skagerrak
57°48′N 11°0′E / 57.800°N 11.000°E / 57.800; 11.000 (Kattegat) Kattegat
57°18′N 11°0′E / 57.300°N 11.000°E / 57.300; 11.000 (Denmark)  Denmark Island of Læsø
57°12′N 11°0′E / 57.200°N 11.000°E / 57.200; 11.000 (Kattegat) Kattegat Passing just east of Grenå, Jutland,  Denmark
55°45′N 11°0′E / 55.750°N 11.000°E / 55.750; 11.000 (Denmark)  Denmark Island of Zealand
55°35′N 11°0′E / 55.583°N 11.000°E / 55.583; 11.000 (Great Belt) Great Belt Crossing the Great Belt Fixed Link
55°8′N 11°0′E / 55.133°N 11.000°E / 55.133; 11.000 (Smålandsfarvandet) Smålandsfarvandet
54°49′N 11°0′E / 54.817°N 11.000°E / 54.817; 11.000 (Denmark)  Denmark Island of Lolland
54°46′N 11°0′E / 54.767°N 11.000°E / 54.767; 11.000 (Bay of Kiel) Bay of Kiel
54°23′N 11°0′E / 54.383°N 11.000°E / 54.383; 11.000 (Germany)  Germany Wagrian Peninsula
54°9′N 11°0′E / 54.150°N 11.000°E / 54.150; 11.000 (Bay of Lübeck) Bay of Lübeck
53°59′N 11°0′E / 53.983°N 11.000°E / 53.983; 11.000 (Germany)  Germany Passing just west of Nuremberg (at 49°27′N 11°5′E / 49.450°N 11.083°E / 49.450; 11.083 (Nuremberg))
47°24′N 11°0′E / 47.400°N 11.000°E / 47.400; 11.000 (Austria)  Austria
46°46′N 11°0′E / 46.767°N 11.000°E / 46.767; 11.000 (Italy)  Italy Passing just west of Trento (at 46°4′N 11°7′E / 46.067°N 11.117°E / 46.067; 11.117 (Trento)) and east edge of Verona (at 45°26′N 10°59′E / 45.433°N 10.983°E / 45.433; 10.983 (Verona))

Agliana, just west of Florence ()

42°41′N 11°0′E / 42.683°N 11.000°E / 42.683; 11.000 (Mediterranean Sea) Mediterranean Sea Passing between Giglio Island and the Monte Argentario peninsula,  Italy
37°4′N 11°0′E / 37.067°N 11.000°E / 37.067; 11.000 (Tunisia)  Tunisia Cape Bon peninsula
36°45′N 11°0′E / 36.750°N 11.000°E / 36.750; 11.000 (Mediterranean Sea) Mediterranean Sea Gulf of Hammamet
35°39′N 11°0′E / 35.650°N 11.000°E / 35.650; 11.000 (Tunisia)  Tunisia
35°1′N 11°0′E / 35.017°N 11.000°E / 35.017; 11.000 (Mediterranean Sea) Mediterranean Sea
34°41′N 11°0′E / 34.683°N 11.000°E / 34.683; 11.000 (Tunisia)  Tunisia Kerkennah Islands
34°39′N 11°0′E / 34.650°N 11.000°E / 34.650; 11.000 (Mediterranean Sea) Mediterranean Sea Gulf of Gabès
33°51′N 11°0′E / 33.850°N 11.000°E / 33.850; 11.000 (Tunisia)  Tunisia Island of Djerba and the mainland
32°12′N 11°0′E / 32.200°N 11.000°E / 32.200; 11.000 (Libya)  Libya East edge of Nalut in the Tripolitania section

East of Awaynat in the Fezzan section

24°28′N 11°0′E / 24.467°N 11.000°E / 24.467; 11.000 (Algeria)  Algeria
22°58′N 11°0′E / 22.967°N 11.000°E / 22.967; 11.000 (Niger)  Niger Keling in the Goure department
13°22′N 11°0′E / 13.367°N 11.000°E / 13.367; 11.000 (Nigeria)  Nigeria Gashua and Potiskum in the Yobe State

Through Gombe State, passing just west of the capital Gombe (10°17′N 11°10′E / 10.283°N 11.167°E / 10.283; 11.167 (Elarn))

6°41′N 11°0′E / 6.683°N 11.000°E / 6.683; 11.000 (Cameroon)  Cameroon Mbam-et-Inoubou Department in the Centre Region

Meyo Biboulou in the South Region

2°10′N 11°0′E / 2.167°N 11.000°E / 2.167; 11.000 (Equatorial Guinea)  Equatorial Guinea Mfuin in Kié-Ntem at 1°59′N 11°2′E / 1.983°N 11.033°E / 1.983; 11.033 (Mfuin)
1°0′N 11°0′E / 1.000°N 11.000°E / 1.000; 11.000 (Gabon)  Gabon Crosses Equator near Elarn (0°10′N 11°4′E / 0.167°N 11.067°E / 0.167; 11.067 (Elarn)) in Abanga-Bigne department of Moyen-Ogooué
3°46′S 11°0′E / 3.767°S 11.000°E / -3.767; 11.000 (Atlantic Ocean) Atlantic Ocean
60°0′S 11°0′E / 60.000°S 11.000°E / -60.000; 11.000 (Southern Ocean) Southern Ocean
69°53′S 11°0′E / 69.883°S 11.000°E / -69.883; 11.000 (Antarctica) Antarctica Queen Maud Land, claimed by  Norway

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