28th meridian east

The meridian 28° 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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28th meridian east

The 28th meridian east forms a great circle with the 152nd meridian west.

From Pole to Pole

Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 28th meridian east passes through:

Co-ordinates Country, territory or sea Notes
90°0′N 28°0′E Arctic Ocean
80°12′N 28°0′E  Norway Island of Storøya, Svalbard
80°3′N 28°0′E Barents Sea
78°52′N 28°0′E  Norway Island of Kongsøya, Svalbard
78°50′N 28°0′E Barents Sea
71°4′N 28°0′E  Norway
70°1′N 28°0′E  Finland
60°40′N 28°0′E  Russia Leningrad Oblast
60°30′N 28°0′E Baltic Sea Gulf of Finland
59°26′N 28°0′E  Estonia
59°17′N 28°0′E  Russia Leningrad Oblast
Pskov Oblast — from 59°2′N 28°0′E, passing through Lake Peipsi-Pihkva
56°40′N 28°0′E  Latvia
56°7′N 28°0′E  Belarus
51°34′N 28°0′E  Ukraine
48°19′N 28°0′E  Moldova
47°2′N 28°0′E  Romania
43°51′N 28°0′E  Bulgaria
41°13′N 28°0′E Black Sea
42°3′N 28°0′E  Bulgaria For about 8 km
41°59′N 28°0′E  Turkey 109 km Thrace
41°1′N 28°0′E Sea of Marmara 61 km.
40°30′N 28°0′E  Turkey 385 km. Anatolia
37°2′N 28°0′E Mediterranean Sea 18 km.Aegean Sea
36°48′N 28°0′E  Turkey 10 km. Datça Peninsula
36°34′N 28°0′E Mediterranean Sea 43 km Aegean Sea
36°22′N 28°0′E  Greece Island of Rhodes
36°3′N 28°0′E Mediterranean Sea
31°5′N 28°0′E  Egypt
22°0′N 28°0′E  Sudan
10°10′N 28°0′E Abyei Area controlled by  Sudan, and claimed by  South Sudan
9°25′N 28°0′E  South Sudan
4°33′N 28°0′E  Democratic Republic of the Congo
12°20′S 28°0′E  Zambia The border with Zimbabwe is in Lake Kariba
16°53′S 28°0′E  Zimbabwe
21°33′S 28°0′E  Botswana
22°56′S 28°0′E  South Africa Limpopo
North West
Gauteng - passing through Johannesburg, west of the city centre
Free State
28°52′S 28°0′E  Lesotho
30°39′S 28°0′E  South Africa Eastern Cape
32°57′S 28°0′E Indian Ocean
60°0′S 28°0′E Southern Ocean
69°52′S 28°0′E Antarctica Queen Maud Land, claimed by  Norway

See also

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