6th meridian east

The meridian 6° 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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6th meridian east

The 6th meridian east forms a great ellipse with the 174th meridian west.

From Pole to Pole

Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 6th meridian east passes through:

Co-ordinates	Country, territory or sea	Notes
90°0′N 6°0′E	Arctic Ocean
81°19′N 6°0′E	Atlantic Ocean
62°29′N 6°0′E	Norway	Entering at Godøya in Møre og Romsdal. Exiting south of Eigersund in Rogaland.
58°25′N 6°0′E	North Sea
53°24′N 6°0′E	Netherlands	Passing just east of Apeldoorn and Arnhem
51°50′N 6°0′E	Germany	For about 10 km
51°44′N 6°0′E	Netherlands
51°5′N 6°0′E	Germany	For about 11 km
50°59′N 6°0′E	Netherlands
50°48′N 6°0′E	Germany	For about 2 km, passing just west of Aachen
50°47′N 6°0′E	Netherlands	For about 4 km
50°45′N 6°0′E	Belgium
50°11′N 6°0′E	Luxembourg	Passing just west of the city of Luxembourg
49°27′N 6°0′E	France	Passing through Besançon
46°14′N 6°0′E	Switzerland	For about 9 km, just west of Geneva
46°9′N 6°0′E	France	Meeting the Mediterranean Sea just east of Toulon
43°6′N 6°0′E	Mediterranean Sea
36°51′N 6°0′E	Algeria
19°36′N 6°0′E	Niger
13°42′N 6°0′E	Nigeria
4°19′N 6°0′E	Atlantic Ocean	Passing just west of the island of São Tomé,  São Tomé and Príncipe Passing just east of the island of Annobón,  Equatorial Guinea
60°0′S 6°0′E	Southern Ocean
70°1′S 6°0′E	Antarctica	Queen Maud Land, claimed by  Norway