31°

31st meridian east

The meridian 31° east of Greenwich is a line of longitude that extends from the North Pole across the Arctic Ocean, Europe, Turkey, Africa, the Indian Ocean, the Southern Ocean, and Antarctica to the South Pole.

The 31st meridian east forms a great circle with the 149th meridian west.

From Pole to Pole

Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 31st meridian east passes through:

Co-ordinates	Country, territory or sea	Notes
90°0′N 31°0′E / 90.000°N 31.000°E / 90.000; 31.000 (Arctic Ocean)	Arctic Ocean
80°10′N 31°0′E / 80.167°N 31.000°E / 80.167; 31.000 (Barents Sea)	Barents Sea	Passing just west of Kvitøya, Svalbard,  Norway Passing just east of Kong Karls Land, Svalbard,  Norway
70°25′N 31°0′E / 70.417°N 31.000°E / 70.417; 31.000 (Norway)	Norway	Varanger Peninsula - easternmost point of the country
70°16′N 31°0′E / 70.267°N 31.000°E / 70.267; 31.000 (Varangerfjord)	Varangerfjord
69°46′N 31°0′E / 69.767°N 31.000°E / 69.767; 31.000 (Russia)	Russia
63°18′N 31°0′E / 63.300°N 31.000°E / 63.300; 31.000 (Finland)	Finland
62°22′N 31°0′E / 62.367°N 31.000°E / 62.367; 31.000 (Russia)	Russia	Passing through Lake Ladoga and Lake Ilmen
55°9′N 31°0′E / 55.150°N 31.000°E / 55.150; 31.000 (Belarus)	Belarus	For about 3 km
55°7′N 31°0′E / 55.117°N 31.000°E / 55.117; 31.000 (Russia)	Russia	For about 4 km
55°5′N 31°0′E / 55.083°N 31.000°E / 55.083; 31.000 (Belarus)	Belarus	For about 7 km
55°1′N 31°0′E / 55.017°N 31.000°E / 55.017; 31.000 (Russia)	Russia
54°43′N 31°0′E / 54.717°N 31.000°E / 54.717; 31.000 (Belarus)	Belarus	For about 3 km
54°41′N 31°0′E / 54.683°N 31.000°E / 54.683; 31.000 (Russia)	Russia	For about 2 km
54°40′N 31°0′E / 54.667°N 31.000°E / 54.667; 31.000 (Belarus)	Belarus
52°4′N 31°0′E / 52.067°N 31.000°E / 52.067; 31.000 (Ukraine)	Ukraine	For about 610 km.
46°35′N 31°0′E / 46.583°N 31.000°E / 46.583; 31.000 (Black Sea)	Black Sea
41°5′N 31°0′E / 41.083°N 31.000°E / 41.083; 31.000 (Turkey)	Turkey	For 474 km.
36°52′N 31°0′E / 36.867°N 31.000°E / 36.867; 31.000 (Mediterranean Sea)	Mediterranean Sea
31°35′N 31°0′E / 31.583°N 31.000°E / 31.583; 31.000 (Egypt)	Egypt	Passing just west of Cairo
22°0′N 31°0′E / 22.000°N 31.000°E / 22.000; 31.000 (Sudan)	Sudan
9°45′N 31°0′E / 9.750°N 31.000°E / 9.750; 31.000 (South Sudan)	South Sudan
3°42′N 31°0′E / 3.700°N 31.000°E / 3.700; 31.000 (Uganda)	Uganda
2°24′N 31°0′E / 2.400°N 31.000°E / 2.400; 31.000 (Democratic Republic of the Congo)	Democratic Republic of the Congo
1°56′N 31°0′E / 1.933°N 31.000°E / 1.933; 31.000 (Lake Albert)	Lake Albert
1°32′N 31°0′E / 1.533°N 31.000°E / 1.533; 31.000 (Uganda)	Uganda
1°0′S 31°0′E / 1.000°S 31.000°E / -1.000; 31.000 (Tanzania)	Tanzania
8°16′S 31°0′E / 8.267°S 31.000°E / -8.267; 31.000 (Lake Tanganyika)	Lake Tanganyika
8°46′S 31°0′E / 8.767°S 31.000°E / -8.767; 31.000 (Zambia)	Zambia
14°44′S 31°0′E / 14.733°S 31.000°E / -14.733; 31.000 (Mozambique)	Mozambique
16°3′S 31°0′E / 16.050°S 31.000°E / -16.050; 31.000 (Zimbabwe)	Zimbabwe	Passing just west of Harare
22°19′S 31°0′E / 22.317°S 31.000°E / -22.317; 31.000 (South Africa)	South Africa	Limpopo Mpumalanga - passing just east of Mbombela (formerly Nelspruit)
26°12′S 31°0′E / 26.200°S 31.000°E / -26.200; 31.000 (Swaziland)	Eswatini
27°2′S 31°0′E / 27.033°S 31.000°E / -27.033; 31.000 (South Africa)	South Africa	Mpumalanga KwaZulu-Natal - passing through Durban
29°57′S 31°0′E / 29.950°S 31.000°E / -29.950; 31.000 (Indian Ocean)	Indian Ocean
60°0′S 31°0′E / 60.000°S 31.000°E / -60.000; 31.000 (Southern Ocean)	Southern Ocean
69°2′S 31°0′E / 69.033°S 31.000°E / -69.033; 31.000 (Antarctica)	Antarctica	Queen Maud Land, claimed by  Norway