16th meridian east
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The meridian 16° east of Greenwich is a line of longitude that extends from the North Pole across the Arctic Ocean, Europe, Africa, the Atlantic Ocean, the Southern Ocean, and Antarctica to the South Pole.
The 16th meridian east forms a great circle with the 164th meridian west.
From Pole to Pole
Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 16th meridian east passes through:
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Co-ordinates Country, territory or sea Notes Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Arctic Ocean Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Norway
Island of Spitsbergen, Svalbard Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Atlantic Ocean Greenland Sea
Norwegian SeaLua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Norway
Islands of Andøy and Hinnøya, and the mainland Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Sweden
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Baltic Sea Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Poland
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Czech Republic
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Austria
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Slovenia
For about 11 km Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Austria
For about 6 km Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Slovenia
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Croatia
Passing through Zagreb, east of the city centre Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Bosnia and Herzegovina
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Croatia
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Mediterranean Sea Adriatic Sea Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Croatia
Island of Biševo Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Mediterranean Sea Adriatic Sea Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Italy
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Mediterranean Sea Gulf of Manfredonia Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Italy
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Mediterranean Sea Tyrrhenian Sea Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Italy
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Mediterranean Sea Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Libya
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Chad
The meridian enters Chad at the country's northernmost point, on the Tropic of Cancer Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Central African Republic
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Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Republic of the Congo
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Democratic Republic of the Congo
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Angola
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Namibia
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Atlantic Ocean Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Southern Ocean Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Antarctica Queen Maud Land, claimed by Norway