43rd meridian east

The meridian 43° east of Greenwich is a line of longitude{{cite web |title=What is longitude? |url=https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/longitude.html |website=oceanservice.noaa.gov |access-date=30 June 2025 |language=en}} 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 43rd meridian east forms a great circle with the 137th meridian west.

From Pole to Pole

Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 43rd meridian east passes through:

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style="background:#b0e0e6;" | {{Coord|90|0|N|43|0|E|type:waterbody|name=Arctic Ocean}}

! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Arctic Ocean

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style="background:#b0e0e6;" | {{Coord|80|32|N|43|0|E|type:waterbody|name=Barents Sea}}

! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Barents Sea

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style="background:#b0e0e6;" | {{Coord|68|37|N|43|0|E|type:waterbody|name=White Sea}}

! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | White Sea

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! scope="row" | {{RUS}}

! scope="row" | {{GEO}}

! scope="row" | {{TUR}}

| Passing through Lake Van

! scope="row" | {{IRQ}}

! scope="row" | {{SAU}}

! scope="row" | {{YEM}}

style="background:#b0e0e6;" | {{Coord|14|23|N|43|0|E|type:waterbody|name=Red Sea}}

! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Red Sea

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! scope="row" | {{ERI}}

! scope="row" | {{DJI}}

style="background:#b0e0e6;" | {{Coord|11|48|N|43|0|E|type:waterbody|name=Gulf of Tadjoura}}

! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Gulf of Tadjoura

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! scope="row" | {{DJI}}

! scope="row" | {{SOM}}

| Somaliland

! scope="row" | {{ETH}}

! scope="row" | {{SOM}}

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| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | {{Coord|0|7|N|43|0|E|type:waterbody|name=Indian Ocean}}

! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Indian Ocean

| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Passing just west of Grand Comore island, {{COM}}
Passing just east of Juan de Nova Island, {{ATF}}
Passing just west of the coast of {{MDG}}

style="background:#b0e0e6;" | {{Coord|60|0|S|43|0|E|type:waterbody|name=Southern Ocean}}

! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Southern Ocean

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! scope="row" | Antarctica

| Queen Maud Land, claimed by {{NOR}}

43rd meridian east

From Pole to Pole

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