11th meridian east explained

The meridian 11° 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 11th meridian east forms a great circle with the 169th meridian west.

From Pole to Pole

Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 11th meridian east passes through:

Co-ordinatesCountry, territory or seaNotes
Arctic Ocean
Islands of Spitsbergen and Prince Charles Foreland, Svalbard
Atlantic Ocean
Entering at Vikna in Nord-Trøndelag. Exiting at Kirkeøy in Østfold.
Koster Islands
Skagerrak
Kattegat
Island of Læsø
KattegatPassing just east of Grenå, Jutland,
Island of Zealand
Great BeltCrossing the Great Belt Fixed Link
Smålandsfarvandet
Island of Lolland
Bay of Kiel
Wagrian Peninsula
Bay of Lübeck
Passing just west of Nuremberg (at)
Passing just west of Trento (at) and east edge of Verona (at)Agliana, just west of Florence
Mediterranean SeaPassing between Giglio Island and the Monte Argentario peninsula,
Cape Bon peninsula
Mediterranean SeaGulf of Hammamet
Mediterranean Sea
Kerkennah Islands
Mediterranean SeaGulf of Gabès
Island of Djerba and the mainland
East edge of Nalut in the Tripolitania section

East of Awaynat in the Fezzan section

Keling in the Goure department
Gashua and Potiskum in the Yobe State

Through Gombe State, passing just west of the capital Gombe

Mbam-et-Inoubou Department in the Centre RegionMeyo Biboulou in the South Region
Mfuin in Kié-Ntem at
Crosses Equator near Elarn in Abanga-Bigne department of Moyen-Ogooué
Atlantic Ocean
Southern Ocean
AntarcticaQueen Maud Land, claimed by

See also