9th meridian east

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9th meridian east

The meridian 9° 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 9th meridian east forms a great circle with the 171st meridian west.

From Pole to Pole

Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 9th meridian east passes through:

Co-ordinates	Country, territory or sea	Notes
90°0′N 9°0′E / 90.000°N 9.000°E / 90.000; 9.000 (Arctic Ocean)	Arctic Ocean
81°9′N 9°0′E / 81.150°N 9.000°E / 81.150; 9.000 (Atlantic Ocean)	Atlantic Ocean
63°39′N 9°0′E / 63.650°N 9.000°E / 63.650; 9.000 (Norway)	Norway	Entering at Hitra in Sør-Trøndelag. Exiting at Tverrdalsøya in Aust-Agder.
58°34′N 9°0′E / 58.567°N 9.000°E / 58.567; 9.000 (Skagerrak)	Skagerrak
57°9′N 9°0′E / 57.150°N 9.000°E / 57.150; 9.000 (Denmark)	Denmark	North Jutlandic Island
57°1′N 9°0′E / 57.017°N 9.000°E / 57.017; 9.000 (Limfjord)	Limfjord
56°50′N 9°0′E / 56.833°N 9.000°E / 56.833; 9.000 (Denmark)	Denmark	Jutland mainland
54°53′N 9°0′E / 54.883°N 9.000°E / 54.883; 9.000 (Germany)	Germany	just west of DCF77 time signal transmitter
47°41′N 9°0′E / 47.683°N 9.000°E / 47.683; 9.000 (Switzerland)	Switzerland
45°59′N 9°0′E / 45.983°N 9.000°E / 45.983; 9.000 (Italy)	Italy	For about 2km
45°58′N 9°0′E / 45.967°N 9.000°E / 45.967; 9.000 (Switzerland)	Switzerland	For about 16km
45°50′N 9°0′E / 45.833°N 9.000°E / 45.833; 9.000 (Italy)	Italy
44°23′N 9°0′E / 44.383°N 9.000°E / 44.383; 9.000 (Mediterranean Sea)	Mediterranean Sea	Ligurian Sea
42°39′N 9°0′E / 42.650°N 9.000°E / 42.650; 9.000 (France)	France	Island of Corsica
41°29′N 9°0′E / 41.483°N 9.000°E / 41.483; 9.000 (Mediterranean Sea)	Mediterranean Sea	Strait of Bonifacio
41°7′N 9°0′E / 41.117°N 9.000°E / 41.117; 9.000 (Italy)	Italy	Island of Sardinia
39°0′N 9°0′E / 39.000°N 9.000°E / 39.000; 9.000 (Mediterranean Sea)	Mediterranean Sea	Passing just east of the Galite Islands,  Tunisia
37°7′N 9°0′E / 37.117°N 9.000°E / 37.117; 9.000 (Tunisia)	Tunisia
32°8′N 9°0′E / 32.133°N 9.000°E / 32.133; 9.000 (Algeria)	Algeria
21°47′N 9°0′E / 21.783°N 9.000°E / 21.783; 9.000 (Niger)	Niger
12°50′N 9°0′E / 12.833°N 9.000°E / 12.833; 9.000 (Nigeria)	Nigeria
5°57′N 9°0′E / 5.950°N 9.000°E / 5.950; 9.000 (Cameroon)	Cameroon
4°5′N 9°0′E / 4.083°N 9.000°E / 4.083; 9.000 (Atlantic Ocean)	Atlantic Ocean	Gulf of Guinea - passing just east of the island of Bioko,  Equatorial Guinea
0°39′S 9°0′E / 0.650°S 9.000°E / -0.650; 9.000 (Gabon)	Gabon
1°19′S 9°0′E / 1.317°S 9.000°E / -1.317; 9.000 (Atlantic Ocean)	Atlantic Ocean
60°0′S 9°0′E / 60.000°S 9.000°E / -60.000; 9.000 (Southern Ocean)	Southern Ocean
69°55′S 9°0′E / 69.917°S 9.000°E / -69.917; 9.000 (Antarctica)	Antarctica	Queen Maud Land, claimed by  Norway

See also

• 8th meridian east
• 10th meridian east

References

This page was last edited on 5 April 2024, at 19:24