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10th meridian east
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Line of longitude
June 2025
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The meridian 10° 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, Europe, Africa, the Atlantic Ocean, the Southern Ocean, and Antarctica to the South Pole.
The 10th meridian east forms a great circle with the 170th meridian west.
From pole to pole
Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 10th meridian east passes through:
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| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 90 0 N 10 0 E type:waterbody Arctic Ocean
! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Arctic Ocean
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" |
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| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 81 5 N 10 0 E type:waterbody Atlantic Ocean
! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Atlantic Ocean
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" |
|-valign="top"
| 64 5 N 10 0 E type:country Norway
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| Entering at Stokkøya in Sør-Trøndelag. Exiting 3 km southwest of Stavern in Vestfold.
|-
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 58 58 N 10 0 E type:waterbody Skagerrak
! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Skagerrak
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" |
|-valign="top"
| 57 35 N 10 0 E type:country Denmark
! scope="row" |
| Vendsyssel-Thy island, Jutland peninsula and the islands of Funen and Als
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| 54 43 N 10 0 E type:country Germany
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| Passing through city centre / old city of Hamburg
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| 47 29 N 10 0 E type:country Austria
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| 46 54 N 10 0 E type:country Switzerland
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| 46 17 N 10 0 E type:country Italy
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|-valign="top"
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 44 3 N 10 0 E type:waterbody Mediterranean Sea
! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Mediterranean Sea
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Passing just east of the island of Capraia, Passing just west of the islands of Elba and Pianosa, Passing just east of the island of Sardinia,
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| 37 15 N 10 0 E type:country Tunisia
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| 30 28 N 10 0 E type:country Libya
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| 25 23 N 10 0 E type:country Algeria
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| 22 22 N 10 0 E type:country Niger
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| 13 10 N 10 0 E type:country Nigeria
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| 6 54 N 10 0 E type:country Cameroon
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| 2 10 N 10 0 E type:country Equatorial Guinea
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| 1 0 N 10 0 E type:country Gabon
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| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 2 47 S 10 0 E type:waterbody Atlantic Ocean
! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Atlantic Ocean
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" |
|-
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 60 0 S 10 0 E type:waterbody Southern Ocean
! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Southern Ocean
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" |
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| 69 53 S 10 0 E type:country Antarctica
! scope="row" | Antarctica
| Queen Maud Land, claimed by
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|}
Usage
In some world maps, the 10th Meridian East is used the centre (instead of Greenwich), to avoid cutting off the tip of Asia.
References
See also
9th meridian east
11th meridian east
collapsed
e010th meridian east