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{{Short description|Line of longitude}}{{Unreferenced|date=December 2020}}{{Location map-line|lon=47}}{{kml}}The meridian 47° east of Greenwich is a line of longitude that extends from the North Pole across the Arctic Ocean, Europe, Asia, Africa, the Indian Ocean, the Southern Ocean, and Antarctica to the South Pole.The 47th meridian east forms a great circle with the 133rd meridian west.

From Pole to Pole

Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 47th meridian east passes through: ! scope="col" width="115" | Co-ordinates! scope="col" | Country, territory or sea! scope="col" | Notes

{{Coord	0	47	E	name=Arctic Ocean}}! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Arctic Ocean

80	N	0	type:country|name=Russia}}! scope="row" | {{RUS}}| Island of Alexandra Land, Franz Josef Land

{{Coord	35	47	E	name=Barents Sea}}! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Barents Sea	Cambridge Channel

80	N	0	type:country|name=Russia}}! scope="row" | {{RUS}}| Island of Zemlya Georga, Franz Josef Land

{{Coord	10	47	E	name=Barents Sea}}! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Barents Sea

66	N	0	type:country|name=Russia}}! scope="row" | {{RUS}}|

49	N	0	type:country|name=Kazakhstan}}! scope="row" | {{KAZ}}|

49	N	0	type:country|name=Russia}}! scope="row" | {{RUS}}| For about 18km

49	N	0	type:country|name=Kazakhstan}}! scope="row" | {{KAZ}}|

48	N	0	type:country|name=Russia}}! scope="row" | {{RUS}}|

{{Coord	48	47	E	name=Caspian Sea}}! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Caspian Sea	Kizlyar Bay

44	N	0	type:country|name=Russia}}! scope="row" | {{RUS}}|

41	N	0	type:country|name=Azerbaijan}}! scope="row" | {{AZE}}| Passing through Nagorno-Karabakh

39	N	0	type:country|name=Iran}}! scope="row" | {{IRN}}|

32	N	0	type:country|name=Iraq}}! scope="row" | {{IRQ}}|

29	N	0	type:country|name=Kuwait}}! scope="row" | {{KWT}}|

29	N	0	type:country|name=Saudi Arabia}}! scope="row" | {{SAU}}| Passing just east of Riyadh

16	N	0	type:country|name=Yemen}}! scope="row" | {{YEM}}|

{{Coord	33	47	E	name=Indian Ocean}}! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Indian Ocean	Gulf of Aden

10	N	0	type:country|name=Somalia}}! scope="row" | {{SOM}}| Somaliland

8	N	0	type:country|name=Ethiopia}}! scope="row" | {{ETH}}|

6	N	0	type:country|name=Somalia}}! scope="row" | {{SOM}}|

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{{Coord	26	47	E	name=Indian Ocean}}! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Indian Ocean	Passing just west of the Glorioso Islands atoll, {{ATF}}

15	S	0	type:country|name=Madagascar}}! scope="row" | {{MDG}}|

{{Coord	2	47	E	name=Indian Ocean}}! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Indian Ocean

{{Coord	0	47	E	name=Southern Ocean}}! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Southern Ocean

67	S	0	type:country|name=Antarctica}}! scope="row" | Antarctica	Australian Antarctic Territory, List of Antarctic territorial claims>claimed by {{AUS}}

See also

• 46th meridian east
• 48th meridian east

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References

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