17th meridian east

The meridian 17° 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.

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17th meridian east
17th eastern longitude monument in Nagykanizsa, Hungary

The 17th meridian east forms a great circle with the 163rd meridian west.

From Pole to Pole

Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 17th meridian east passes through:

Co-ordinates Country, territory or sea Notes
90°0′N 17°0′E Arctic Ocean
79°57′N 17°0′E  Norway Island of Spitsbergen, Svalbard
76°36′N 17°0′E Atlantic Ocean Norwegian Sea
69°24′N 17°0′E  Norway Islands of Senja and Rolla, and the mainland
67°59′N 17°0′E  Sweden
58°37′N 17°0′E Baltic Sea
57°19′N 17°0′E  Sweden Island of Öland
57°6′N 17°0′E Baltic Sea
54°38′N 17°0′E  Poland Passing through Wrocław
50°25′N 17°0′E  Czech Republic For about 14km
50°18′N 17°0′E  Poland For about 9km
50°13′N 17°0′E  Czech Republic
48°39′N 17°0′E  Slovakia Passing just west of Bratislava
48°10′N 17°0′E  Austria
47°42′N 17°0′E  Hungary Passing through the center of Nagykanizsa.
46°13′N 17°0′E  Croatia
45°13′N 17°0′E  Bosnia and Herzegovina
43°35′N 17°0′E  Croatia Dalmatia, and the islands of Hvar and Korčula
42°55′N 17°0′E Mediterranean Sea Adriatic Sea - passing just east of the island of Lastovo,  Croatia
41°5′N 17°0′E  Italy
40°30′N 17°0′E Mediterranean Sea Gulf of Taranto
39°29′N 17°0′E  Italy
38°56′N 17°0′E Mediterranean Sea
31°10′N 17°0′E  Libya
22°59′N 17°0′E  Chad
7°38′N 17°0′E  Central African Republic
3°33′N 17°0′E  Republic of the Congo
1°8′S 17°0′E  Democratic Republic of the Congo
7°15′S 17°0′E  Angola
17°23′S 17°0′E  Namibia Passing just west of Windhoek
28°4′S 17°0′E  South Africa Northern Cape
29°34′S 17°0′E Atlantic Ocean
60°0′S 17°0′E Southern Ocean
69°40′S 17°0′E Antarctica Queen Maud Land, claimed by  Norway

See also

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