45th meridian east

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. The meridian is the mid point of the Moscow Time.

From Pole to Pole
Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 45th meridian east passes through:


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 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 90°N, 45°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 90°N, 45°W
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 * 80.61667°N, 45°W
 * 80.61667°N, 45°W
 * Island of Alexandra Land
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 80.58333°N, 45°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 80.58333°N, 45°W
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 * 68.53333°N, 45°W
 * 68.53333°N, 45°W
 * Kanin Peninsula
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 67.5°N, 45°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 67.5°N, 45°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Chesha Bay
 * 67.3°N, 45°W
 * 67.3°N, 45°W
 * Passing through Penza
 * 42.71667°N, 45°W
 * 42.71667°N, 45°W
 * Passing through Tbilisi
 * 41.3°N, 45°W
 * 41.3°N, 45°W
 * 41.05°N, 45°W
 * 41.05°N, 45°W
 * 41.05°N, 45°W
 * Yukhari Askipara exclave surrounded by 🇦🇲
 * 41°N, 45°W
 * 41°N, 45°W
 * Passing through Lake Sevan
 * 39.73333°N, 45°W
 * 39.73333°N, 45°W
 * Nakhchivan exclave
 * 39.41667°N, 45°W
 * 39.41667°N, 45°W
 * Passing just west of Urmia
 * 36.75°N, 45°W
 * 36.75°N, 45°W
 * 29.16667°N, 45°W
 * 29.16667°N, 45°W
 * 29.16667°N, 45°W
 * 17.4°N, 45°W
 * 17.4°N, 45°W
 * 17.4°N, 45°W
 * Passing just west of Aden (at 12.8°N, 45.03333°W)
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 12.76667°N, 45°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 12.76667°N, 45°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Gulf of Aden
 * 10.45°N, 45°W
 * 10.45°N, 45°W
 * Somaliland - passing just east of Berbera
 * 8.66667°N, 45°W
 * 8.66667°N, 45°W
 * 4.93333°N, 45°W
 * 4.93333°N, 45°W
 * 4.93333°N, 45°W
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 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 1.85°N, 45°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 1.85°N, 45°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Passing just west of Mayotte, an overseas department of 🇫🇷
 * -16.13333°N, 45°W
 * -16.13333°N, 45°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | -25.5°N, 45°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | -25.5°N, 45°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | -25.5°N, 45°W
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 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | -60°N, 45°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | -60°N, 45°W
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 * -67.76667°N, 45°W
 * -67.76667°N, 45°W
 * Australian Antarctic Territory, claimed by 🇦🇺
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