17th meridian east
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The meridian 17° 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 17th meridian east forms a great circle with the 163rd meridian west.
From Pole to Pole
Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 17th meridian east passes through:
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Co-ordinates Country, territory or sea Notes Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Arctic Ocean Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Norway
Island of Spitsbergen, Svalbard Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Atlantic Ocean Norwegian Sea Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Norway
Islands of Senja and Rolla, and the mainland Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Sweden
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Baltic Sea Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Sweden
Island of Öland Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Baltic Sea Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Poland
Passing through Wrocław Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Czech Republic
For about 14km Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Poland
For about 9km Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Czech Republic
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Slovakia
Passing just west of Bratislava Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Austria
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Hungary
Passing through the center of Nagykanizsa. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Croatia
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Bosnia and Herzegovina
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Croatia
Dalmatia, and the islands of Hvar and Korčula Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Mediterranean Sea Adriatic Sea - passing just east of the island of Lastovo, Croatia
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Italy
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Mediterranean Sea Gulf of Taranto Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Italy
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Mediterranean Sea Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Libya
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Chad
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Central African Republic
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Republic of the Congo
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Democratic Republic of the Congo
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Angola
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Namibia
Passing just west of Windhoek Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. South Africa
Northern Cape Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Atlantic Ocean Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Southern Ocean Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Antarctica Queen Maud Land, claimed by Norway