28th meridian east
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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.
From Pole to Pole
Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 28th 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 Storøya, Svalbard Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Barents Sea Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Norway Island of Kongsøya, Svalbard Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Barents Sea Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Norway Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Finland Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Russia Leningrad Oblast Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Baltic Sea Gulf of Finland Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Estonia Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Russia Leningrad Oblast
Pskov Oblast — from Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found., passing through Lake Peipsi-PihkvaLua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Latvia Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Belarus Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Ukraine Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Moldova Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Romania Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Bulgaria Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Black Sea Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Bulgaria For about 8 km Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Turkey 109 km Thrace Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Sea of Marmara 61 km. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Turkey 385 km. Anatolia Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Mediterranean Sea 18 km.Aegean Sea Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Turkey 10 km. Datça Peninsula Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Mediterranean Sea 43 km Aegean Sea Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Greece Island of Rhodes 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. Egypt Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Sudan Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Abyei Area controlled by Sudan, and claimed by South Sudan Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. South Sudan 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. Zambia The border with Zimbabwe is in Lake Kariba Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Zimbabwe Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Botswana Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. South Africa Limpopo
North West
Gauteng - passing through Johannesburg, west of the city centre
Free StateLua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Lesotho Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. South Africa Eastern Cape Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Indian 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