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1st meridian east
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Line of longitude
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The meridian 1° east of Greenwich is a line of longitudeWhat is longitude? https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/longitude.html oceanservice.noaa.gov 30 June 2025 en that extends from the North Pole across the Arctic Ocean, the Atlantic Ocean, Europe, Africa, the Southern Ocean, and Antarctica to the South Pole.
The 1st meridian east forms a great ellipse with the 179th meridian west.
From pole to pole
Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 1st meridian east passes through:
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| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 90 0 N 1 0 E type:waterbody Arctic Ocean
! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Arctic Ocean
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" |
|-
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 81 35 N 1 0 E type:waterbody Atlantic Ocean
! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Atlantic Ocean
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" |
|-
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 61 0 N 1 0 E type:waterbody North Sea
! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | North Sea
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" |
|-
| 52 58 N 1 0 E type:country United Kingdom
! scope="row" |
| England, passing through Stowmarket, Suffolk (at 52 11 N 1 0 E type:city Stowmarket)
|-
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 51 47 N 1 0 E type:waterbody North Sea
! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | North Sea
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" |
|-
| 51 21 N 1 0 E type:country United Kingdom
! scope="row" |
| England, passing just west of Whitstable, Kent (at 51 21 N 1 1 E type:city Whitstable)
|-
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 51 1 N 1 0 E type:waterbody English Channel
! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | English Channel
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" |
|-
| 49 55 N 1 0 E type:country France
! scope="row" |
|
|-
| 42 47 N 1 0 E type:country Spain
! scope="row" |
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|-
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 41 2 N 1 0 E type:waterbody Mediterranean Sea
! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Mediterranean Sea
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Passing just west of the island of Ibiza (at 38 54 N 1 13 E type:isle Ibiza)
|-
| 36 28 N 1 0 E type:country Algeria
! scope="row" |
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|-
| 21 13 N 1 0 E type:country Mali
! scope="row" |
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|-
| 15 0 N 1 0 E type:country Niger
! scope="row" |
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|-
| 13 33 N 1 0 E type:country Burkina Faso
! scope="row" |
|
|-valign="top"
| 13 22 N 1 0 E type:country Niger
! scope="row" |
| A section of the border with Burkina Faso runs parallel to the meridian, about 1km to the west
|-
| 13 3 N 1 0 E type:country Burkina Faso
! scope="row" |
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|-
| 11 5 N 1 0 E type:country Benin
! scope="row" |
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|-
| 10 13 N 1 0 E type:country Togo
! scope="row" |
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|-
| 6 18 N 1 0 E type:country Ghana
! scope="row" |
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|-
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 5 55 N 1 0 E type:waterbody Atlantic Ocean
! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Atlantic Ocean
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" |
|-
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 60 0 S 1 0 E type:waterbody Southern Ocean
! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Southern Ocean
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" |
|-
| 69 51 S 1 0 E type:country Antarctica
! scope="row" | Antarctica
| Queen Maud Land, claimed by
|-
|}
See also
2nd meridian east
Prime meridian
References
collapsed
e001st meridian east