12th meridian east

The meridian 12° east of Greenwich is a line of longitude^[1] that extends from the North Pole across the Arctic Ocean, Europe, Africa, the Atlantic Ocean, the Southern Ocean, and Antarctica to the South Pole.

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12th meridian east

The 12th meridian east forms a great circle with the 168th meridian west.

From Pole to Pole

Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 12th meridian east passes through:

Co-ordinates	Country, territory or sea	Notes
90°0′N 12°0′E	Arctic Ocean
79°44′N 12°0′E	Norway	Islands of Spitsbergen and Prince Charles Foreland, Svalbard
78°13′N 12°0′E	Atlantic Ocean
67°29′N 12°0′E	Norway	Røst islands
67°28′N 12°0′E	Atlantic Ocean	Norwegian Sea
65°43′N 12°0′E	Norway	Island of Vega
65°38′N 12°0′E	Atlantic Ocean	Norwegian Sea
65°14′N 12°0′E	Norway
63°17′N 12°0′E	Sweden	For about 4km
63°15′N 12°0′E	Norway
59°54′N 12°0′E	Sweden	Passing through Gothenburg
57°21′N 12°0′E	Kattegat
56°1′N 12°0′E	Denmark	Islands of Zealand and Falster
54°43′N 12°0′E	Baltic Sea	Bay of Mecklenburg
54°10′N 12°0′E	Germany
47°37′N 12°0′E	Austria
47°3′N 12°0′E	Italy
41°59′N 12°0′E	Mediterranean Sea	Passing just west of the island of Marettimo,  Italy
36°49′N 12°0′E	Italy	Island of Pantelleria
36°44′N 12°0′E	Mediterranean Sea
33°0′N 12°0′E	Libya
23°31′N 12°0′E	Niger
13°10′N 12°0′E	Nigeria
7°30′N 12°0′E	Cameroon
2°17′N 12°0′E	Gabon
2°20′S 12°0′E	Republic of the Congo
2°57′S 12°0′E	Gabon
3°9′S 12°0′E	Republic of the Congo	For about 9km
3°14′S 12°0′E	Gabon
3°25′S 12°0′E	Republic of the Congo
5°1′S 12°0′E	Atlantic Ocean
15°36′S 12°0′E	Angola
17°10′S 12°0′E	Namibia
18°22′S 12°0′E	Atlantic Ocean
60°0′S 12°0′E	Southern Ocean
69°56′S 12°0′E	Antarctica	Queen Maud Land, claimed by  Norway

See also

• 11th meridian east
• 13th meridian east