28th meridian east

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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.

The 28th meridian east forms a great circle with the 152nd meridian west.
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
Arctic Ocean
 Norway Island of Storøya, Svalbard
Barents Sea
 Norway Island of Kongsøya, Svalbard
Barents Sea
 Norway
 Finland
 Russia
Baltic Sea Gulf of Finland
 Estonia
 Russia Passing through Lake Peipsi-Pihkva
 Latvia
 Belarus
 Ukraine
 Moldova
 Romania
 Bulgaria
Black Sea
 Bulgaria For about 8km
 Turkey
Sea of Marmara
 Turkey
Mediterranean Sea Aegean Sea
 Turkey Datça Peninsula
Mediterranean Sea Aegean Sea
 Greece Island of Rhodes
Mediterranean Sea
 Egypt
 Sudan
Abyei Area controlled by  Sudan and  South Sudan
 South Sudan
 Democratic Republic of the Congo
 Zambia The border with Zimbabwe is in Lake Kariba
 Zimbabwe
 Botswana
 South Africa Limpopo
North West
Gauteng - passing through Johannesburg, west of the city centre
Free State
 Lesotho
 South Africa Eastern Cape
Indian Ocean
Southern Ocean
Antarctica Queen Maud Land, claimed by  Norway

See also