20th meridian east
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Coordinates: 0°S 20°E / 0°S 20°E
Points on meridian 20° east
The meridian 20° east of Greenwich is a line of longitude that extends from the North Pole across the Arctic Ocean, Europe, Africa, the Atlantic and Indian oceans, the Southern Ocean, and Antarctica to the South Pole.
Part of Namibia's borders with Botswana and South Africa are defined by the meridian. The boundary between the Atlantic Ocean and the Indian Ocean is defined by the meridian.
Between 1939 and 1945 the meridian defined the eastern limit of New Swabia, Nazi Germany's Antarctic territorial claim.
Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 20th meridian east passes through:
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Country, territory or sea Notes Arctic Ocean 
NorwayIslands of Nordaustlandet and Spitsbergen, Svalbard Arctic Ocean Barents Sea
Norwegian Sea NorwayIsland of Vanna, and the mainland 
SwedenBaltic Sea Gulf of Bothnia 
Åland IslandsIsland of Fasta Åland Baltic Sea 
RussiaKaliningrad exclave 
Poland
Slovakia
Hungary
Serbia
Montenegro
Albania
GreeceIsland of Corfu Mediterranean Sea 
Libya
Chad
Central African Republic
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Angola
Namibia Namibia / 
Botswana border Namibia / 
South Africa border South AfricaAtlantic Ocean / Indian Ocean boundary Southern Ocean Antarctica Queen Maud Land, claimed by Norway
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