26th meridian east

The meridian 26° east of Greenwich is a line of longitude that extends from the North Pole across the Arctic Ocean, Europe, Africa, the Indian Ocean, the Southern Ocean, and Antarctica to the South Pole.

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26th meridian east

The 26th meridian east forms a great circle with the 154th meridian west.

From Pole to Pole

Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 26th meridian east passes through:

Co-ordinates Country, territory or sea Notes
90°0′N 26°0′E Arctic Ocean
80°10′N 26°0′E  Norway Island of Nordaustlandet, Svalbard
79°40′N 26°0′E Barents Sea
71°8′N 26°0′E  Norway Island of Magerøya
70°58′N 26°0′E Porsangerfjorden
70°39′N 26°0′E  Norway
69°43′N 26°0′E  Finland
60°16′N 26°0′E Baltic Sea Gulf of Finland
59°37′N 26°0′E  Estonia
57°52′N 26°0′E  Latvia
55°58′N 26°0′E  Lithuania
54°57′N 26°0′E  Belarus
51°56′N 26°0′E  Ukraine Rivne Oblast — passing just east of Varash
Volyn Oblast — for about 9 km
Rivne Oblast — for about 6 km
Volyn Oblast — for about 13 km
Rivne Oblast — passing just west of Rivne
Ternopil Oblast — passing just west of Borshchiv
Chernivtsi Oblast — passing through Chernivtsi
47°58′N 26°0′E  Romania Passing just west of Bucharest
43°53′N 26°0′E  Bulgaria Passing just east of Ruse
41°20′N 26°0′E  Greece
40°49′N 26°0′E Mediterranean Sea Aegean Sea
40°9′N 26°0′E  Turkey Island of Imbros
40°8′N 26°0′E Mediterranean Sea Aegean Sea
39°51′N 26°0′E  Turkey Island of Bozcaada
39°49′N 26°0′E Mediterranean Sea Aegean Sea
39°17′N 26°0′E  Greece Island of Lesbos
39°7′N 26°0′E Mediterranean Sea Aegean Sea
38°36′N 26°0′E  Greece Island of Chios
38°10′N 26°0′E Mediterranean Sea Aegean Sea
37°34′N 26°0′E  Greece Island of Icaria
37°31′N 26°0′E Mediterranean Sea Aegean Sea
36°56′N 26°0′E  Greece Island of Amorgos
36°53′N 26°0′E Mediterranean Sea Aegean Sea
35°12′N 26°0′E  Greece Island of Crete
35°1′N 26°0′E Mediterranean Sea
31°36′N 26°0′E  Egypt
22°0′N 26°0′E  Sudan
10°9′N 26°0′E  South Sudan
7°0′N 26°0′E  Central African Republic
5°14′N 26°0′E  Democratic Republic of the Congo
11°56′S 26°0′E  Zambia
17°59′S 26°0′E  Zimbabwe
19°9′S 26°0′E  Botswana Passing just east of Gaborone
24°43′S 26°0′E  South Africa North West
Free State
Eastern Cape
33°43′S 26°0′E Indian Ocean
60°0′S 26°0′E Southern Ocean
70°9′S 26°0′E Antarctica Queen Maud Land, claimed by  Norway
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