20 Degrees North Of East

Line of longitude

The meridian 20° east of Greenwich is a line of longitude that extends from the N Pole across the Chill Bounding main, Europe, Africa, the Atlantic and Indian oceans, the Antarctic ocean, and Antarctica to the South Pole.

The 20th pinnacle east forms a slap-up circumvolve with the 160th top west.

Part of Namibia'due south borders with Botswana and South Africa are defined past the meridian. The purlieus between the Atlantic Body of water and the Indian Bounding main is defined by the meridian. The meridian defines the eastern limit of the New Swabia area in Queen Maud Land, Antarctica.

From Pole to Pole [edit]

Starting at the North Pole and heading due south to the South Pole, the 20th meridian east passes through:

Co-ordinates	Country, territory or sea	Notes
90°0′Northward 20°0′East / xc.000°N 20.000°E / ninety.000; 20.000 (Chill Sea)	Chill Ocean
80°32′N 20°0′E / 80.533°N xx.000°E / 80.533; 20.000 (Norway)	Norway	Islands of Nordaustlandet and Spitsbergen, Svalbard
78°37′N 20°0′E / 78.617°North xx.000°E / 78.617; 20.000 (Barents Sea)	Barents Sea
73°54′Northward twenty°0′Due east / 73.900°N 20.000°Due east / 73.900; 20.000 (Atlantic Body of water)	Atlantic Ocean	Norwegian Sea
70°x′N 20°0′E / 70.167°N xx.000°E / lxx.167; 20.000 (Norway)	Norway	Isle of Vanna, and the mainland
68°34′N 20°0′Due east / 68.567°Northward twenty.000°E / 68.567; xx.000 (Sweden)	Sweden	For about 2 km
68°33′Due north 20°0′E / 68.550°N xx.000°E / 68.550; 20.000 (Norway)	Norway	For about xviii km
68°23′N twenty°0′E / 68.383°N xx.000°E / 68.383; 20.000 (Sweden)	Sweden
63°37′N 20°0′E / 63.617°Northward 20.000°E / 63.617; 20.000 (Baltic Sea)	Baltic Sea	Gulf of Bothnia
60°24′Northward 20°0′E / 60.400°N 20.000°E / 60.400; 20.000 (Åland Islands)	Åland Islands	Island of Fasta Åland
60°1′Northward 20°0′East / 60.017°N twenty.000°E / threescore.017; twenty.000 (Baltic Sea)	Baltic Sea
54°57′N 20°0′E / 54.950°Due north 20.000°Eastward / 54.950; twenty.000 (Russia)	Russian federation	Kaliningrad Oblast (exclave)
54°25′Northward 20°0′E / 54.417°Due north 20.000°Eastward / 54.417; 20.000 (Poland)	Poland	Passing through Kraków (where crosses with 50th parallel north)
49°13′N 20°0′E / 49.217°N 20.000°East / 49.217; xx.000 (Slovakia)	Slovakia	Passing through the mountain of Kriváň
48°10′N xx°0′Eastward / 48.167°N 20.000°E / 48.167; 20.000 (Republic of hungary)	Hungary	Passing only west of Szeged
46°x′North xx°0′East / 46.167°N twenty.000°Eastward / 46.167; xx.000 (Serbia)	Serbia
43°4′N 20°0′Due east / 43.067°Northward twenty.000°E / 43.067; 20.000 (Montenegro)	Montenegro
42°31′N twenty°0′East / 42.517°N twenty.000°E / 42.517; 20.000 (Albania)	Albania
39°41′Due north 20°0′E / 39.683°Northward twenty.000°East / 39.683; 20.000 (Mediterranean Sea)	Mediterranean Sea	Ionian Sea
39°27′N 20°0′E / 39.450°Northward 20.000°E / 39.450; twenty.000 (Greece)	Greece	Island of Corfu
39°24′N xx°0′E / 39.400°N 20.000°East / 39.400; 20.000 (Mediterranean Sea)	Mediterranean Sea	Ionian Ocean and the Mediterranean proper
32°ane′Northward twenty°0′E / 32.017°North 20.000°E / 32.017; xx.000 (Libya)	Great socialist people's libyan arab jamahiriya
31°28′Northward 20°0′East / 31.467°Northward 20.000°E / 31.467; 20.000 (Mediterranean Bounding main)	Mediterranean Sea	Gulf of Sidra
30°46′Due north 20°0′E / 30.767°N 20.000°Eastward / 30.767; twenty.000 (Libya)	Great socialist people's libyan arab jamahiriya
21°33′Due north xx°0′E / 21.550°North 20.000°E / 21.550; 20.000 (Chad)	Chad
ix°vii′N xx°0′Due east / nine.117°Northward xx.000°E / 9.117; xx.000 (Central African Commonwealth)	Key African Republic
4°58′Northward 20°0′E / 4.967°N 20.000°E / iv.967; xx.000 (Democratic Democracy of the Congo)	Congo-kinshasa
vii°0′South 20°0′Due east / 7.000°Southward 20.000°E / -7.000; 20.000 (Angola)	Angola
17°53′S twenty°0′E / 17.883°Due south twenty.000°East / -17.883; 20.000 (Namibia)	Namibia
22°0′S 20°0′East / 22.000°South 20.000°Due east / -22.000; xx.000 (Namibia / Republic of botswana border)	Namibia / Botswana edge
24°45′S 20°0′E / 24.750°S 20.000°E / -24.750; 20.000 (Namibia / South Africa border)	Namibia / South Africa (Northern Cape) border
28°26′S 20°0′Eastward / 28.433°S twenty.000°E / -28.433; twenty.000 (South Africa)	South Africa	Northern Greatcoat Western Cape
34°50′S 20°0′E / 34.833°South 20.000°E / -34.833; 20.000 (Atlantic Ocean / Indian Sea purlieus)	Atlantic Ocean / Indian Bounding main purlieus
60°0′S 20°0′Due east / lx.000°S 20.000°E / -lx.000; 20.000 (Southern Sea)	Southern Sea
69°53′South 20°0′E / 69.883°S 20.000°E / -69.883; 20.000 (Antarctica)	Antarctica	Queen Maud Land, claimed past Norway