to the east of vs east of

Both "to the east of" and "east of" are correct, but they are used in slightly different contexts. "To the east of" is more formal and emphasizes the direction, while "east of" is more commonly used in everyday language.

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to the east of

This phrase is correct and commonly used in formal contexts to indicate a location or direction.

Use "to the east of" when you want to emphasize the specific direction or location of something in a formal context.

Examples:

The city lies to the east of the river.
The mountains to the east of the town are beautiful.
The new building is located to the east of the old one.

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Here, to the east of Baghdad, Al Kut holds the only major bridge crossing the Tigris.
Many Swedes still have the feeling that Prague is to the east of Stockholm, due to the heritage of the political geography of the last century.
Howden, to the east of the White Mountains.
We need to adopt a more coherent approach in dealing with the area to the east of our borders.
We wanted to visit our relatives who live to the east of these mountains.
We can set the border to the east of the swamp.
We all felt emotional seeing the last iron curtain come down, seeing Slovak and Austrian ministers symbolically cut down the wooden barrier at the Berg-Petržalka crossing point to the east of Vienna.
For this reason access to the area directly to the east of Hinderplaat is to be restricted to ensure that populations can remain in the Voordelta.
Will we one day act in the same way with another partner to the east of our borders, Russia?
The E1 Project, which plans homes for 15000 people, hotels and industrial areas to the east of Jerusalem is of particular concern, and I hope the Council and the Commission will take due note of this.
One of the key elements we in the European Union must focus on is our relationship with the countries to the east of the existing European Union borders.
Subject: The Cerexhe-Heuseux/ Beaufays (A605) road-link to the east of Liège
Zc (Canadian waters) is that part of subdivision 5 Ze to the east of the abovementioned geodetic lines;
(Canadian waters) is that part of subdivision 5 Ze to the east of the abovementioned geodetic lines;
That portion of the sub-area lying to the east of divisions 6B and 6C and to the west of 65o00' west longitude.
That is our target, the German 11th Division, at the moment bivouacked three miles to the east of the Menin Road.
In this connection it is much to be regretted that the national airport, located to the east of Skopje, which until December 2006 was known as Aerodrom Skopje or Petrovec Airport, has since then been dubbed Alexander the Great (Aleksandar Veliki).
NW corner of Casa Valenza - 370 metres to the east of Cuddie Patite at an elevation of 370 metres above sea-level;
E) NW corner of Casa Valenza - 370 metres to the east of Cuddie Patite at an elevation of 370 metres above sea-level;
That portion of the convention area lying north of the parallel of 39o00' north latitude, to the west of sub-area 3, and to the east of a line described as follows:

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situated to the east of
found to the east of
positioned to the east of

east of

This phrase is correct and commonly used in everyday language to indicate a location or direction.

Use "east of" in informal or everyday language to describe the position of something in relation to the east.