18°

18th meridian east

The meridian 18° 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 18th meridian east forms a great circle with the 162nd meridian west.

From Pole to Pole

Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 18th meridian east passes through:

Co-ordinates	Country, territory or sea	Notes
90°0′N 18°0′E / 90.000°N 18.000°E / 90.000; 18.000 (Arctic Ocean)	Arctic Ocean
80°11′N 18°0′E / 80.183°N 18.000°E / 80.183; 18.000 (Norway)	Norway	Islands of Nordaustlandet and Spitsbergen, Svalbard
77°30′N 18°0′E / 77.500°N 18.000°E / 77.500; 18.000 (Atlantic Ocean)	Atlantic Ocean	Norwegian Sea
69°31′N 18°0′E / 69.517°N 18.000°E / 69.517; 18.000 (Norway)	Norway	Island of Senja and the mainland
68°4′N 18°0′E / 68.067°N 18.000°E / 68.067; 18.000 (Sweden)	Sweden
62°34′N 18°0′E / 62.567°N 18.000°E / 62.567; 18.000 (Baltic Sea)	Baltic Sea	Gulf of Bothnia
60°36′N 18°0′E / 60.600°N 18.000°E / 60.600; 18.000 (Sweden)	Sweden	Passing through Stockholm, right through Friends Arena
58°56′N 18°0′E / 58.933°N 18.000°E / 58.933; 18.000 (Baltic Sea)	Baltic Sea	Passing between the islands of Stora Karlsö and Gotland,  Sweden
54°50′N 18°0′E / 54.833°N 18.000°E / 54.833; 18.000 (Poland)	Poland	Passing through the centre of Bydgoszcz
50°1′N 18°0′E / 50.017°N 18.000°E / 50.017; 18.000 (Czech Republic)	Czech Republic
49°2′N 18°0′E / 49.033°N 18.000°E / 49.033; 18.000 (Slovakia)	Slovakia
47°44′N 18°0′E / 47.733°N 18.000°E / 47.733; 18.000 (Hungary)	Hungary
45°48′N 18°0′E / 45.800°N 18.000°E / 45.800; 18.000 (Croatia)	Croatia	Passing just west of Slavonski Brod
45°8′N 18°0′E / 45.133°N 18.000°E / 45.133; 18.000 (Bosnia and Herzegovina)	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Passing near Mostar
42°45′N 18°0′E / 42.750°N 18.000°E / 42.750; 18.000 (Croatia)	Croatia	Mainland (for about 6 km) and the island of Koločep. Passing just west of Dubrovnik
42°40′N 18°0′E / 42.667°N 18.000°E / 42.667; 18.000 (Mediterranean Sea)	Mediterranean Sea	Adriatic Sea
40°38′N 18°0′E / 40.633°N 18.000°E / 40.633; 18.000 (Italy)	Italy	Municipality of Gallipoli, Apulia.
39°59′N 18°0′E / 39.983°N 18.000°E / 39.983; 18.000 (Mediterranean Sea)	Mediterranean Sea
30°50′N 18°0′E / 30.833°N 18.000°E / 30.833; 18.000 (Libya)	Libya
22°31′N 18°0′E / 22.517°N 18.000°E / 22.517; 18.000 (Chad)	Chad
7°59′N 18°0′E / 7.983°N 18.000°E / 7.983; 18.000 (Central African Republic)	Central African Republic
3°34′N 18°0′E / 3.567°N 18.000°E / 3.567; 18.000 (Republic of the Congo)	Republic of the Congo
1°23′N 18°0′E / 1.383°N 18.000°E / 1.383; 18.000 (Democratic Republic of the Congo)	Democratic Republic of the Congo
8°6′S 18°0′E / 8.100°S 18.000°E / -8.100; 18.000 (Angola)	Angola
17°23′S 18°0′E / 17.383°S 18.000°E / -17.383; 18.000 (Namibia)	Namibia
28°49′S 18°0′E / 28.817°S 18.000°E / -28.817; 18.000 (South Africa)	South Africa	Northern Cape Western Cape
31°28′S 18°0′E / 31.467°S 18.000°E / -31.467; 18.000 (Atlantic Ocean)	Atlantic Ocean
32°44′S 18°0′E / 32.733°S 18.000°E / -32.733; 18.000 (South Africa)	South Africa	Western Cape
33°8′S 18°0′E / 33.133°S 18.000°E / -33.133; 18.000 (Atlantic Ocean)	Atlantic Ocean	Passing just west of Dassen Island,  South Africa (at 33°25′24″S 18°5′14″E / 33.42333°S 18.08722°E / -33.42333; 18.08722 (Dassen Island))
60°0′S 18°0′E / 60.000°S 18.000°E / -60.000; 18.000 (Southern Ocean)	Southern Ocean
69°43′S 18°0′E / 69.717°S 18.000°E / -69.717; 18.000 (Antarctica)	Antarctica	Queen Maud Land, claimed by  Norway