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16th meridian east (interactive map)

The meridian 16° east of Greenwich is a line of longitude^[1] 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:

Co-ordinates	Country, territory or sea	Notes
90°0′N 16°0′E / 90.000°N 16.000°E / 90.000; 16.000 (Arctic Ocean)Category:Pages using gadget WikiMiniAtlas	Arctic Ocean
80°1′N 16°0′E / 80.017°N 16.000°E / 80.017; 16.000 (Norway)Category:Pages using gadget WikiMiniAtlas	Norway	Island of Spitsbergen, Svalbard
76°45′N 16°0′E / 76.750°N 16.000°E / 76.750; 16.000 (Atlantic Ocean)Category:Pages using gadget WikiMiniAtlas	Atlantic Ocean	Greenland Sea Norwegian Sea
69°18′N 16°0′E / 69.300°N 16.000°E / 69.300; 16.000 (Norway)Category:Pages using gadget WikiMiniAtlas	Norway	Islands of Andøya and Hinnøya, and the mainland
66°52′N 16°0′E / 66.867°N 16.000°E / 66.867; 16.000 (Sweden)Category:Pages using gadget WikiMiniAtlas	Sweden
56°12′N 16°0′E / 56.200°N 16.000°E / 56.200; 16.000 (Baltic Sea)Category:Pages using gadget WikiMiniAtlas	Baltic Sea
54°15′N 16°0′E / 54.250°N 16.000°E / 54.250; 16.000 (Poland)Category:Pages using gadget WikiMiniAtlas	Poland
50°36′N 16°0′E / 50.600°N 16.000°E / 50.600; 16.000 (Czech Republic)Category:Pages using gadget WikiMiniAtlas	Czech Republic
48°47′N 16°0′E / 48.783°N 16.000°E / 48.783; 16.000 (Austria)Category:Pages using gadget WikiMiniAtlas	Austria
46°50′N 16°0′E / 46.833°N 16.000°E / 46.833; 16.000 (Slovenia)Category:Pages using gadget WikiMiniAtlas	Slovenia	For about 11 km
46°43′N 16°0′E / 46.717°N 16.000°E / 46.717; 16.000 (Austria)Category:Pages using gadget WikiMiniAtlas	Austria	For about 6 km
46°40′N 16°0′E / 46.667°N 16.000°E / 46.667; 16.000 (Slovenia)Category:Pages using gadget WikiMiniAtlas	Slovenia
46°18′N 16°0′E / 46.300°N 16.000°E / 46.300; 16.000 (Croatia)Category:Pages using gadget WikiMiniAtlas	Croatia	Passing through Zagreb, east of the city centre
45°13′N 16°0′E / 45.217°N 16.000°E / 45.217; 16.000 (Bosnia and Herzegovina)Category:Pages using gadget WikiMiniAtlas	Bosnia and Herzegovina
44°38′N 16°0′E / 44.633°N 16.000°E / 44.633; 16.000 (Croatia)Category:Pages using gadget WikiMiniAtlas	Croatia
43°29′N 16°0′E / 43.483°N 16.000°E / 43.483; 16.000 (Mediterranean Sea)Category:Pages using gadget WikiMiniAtlas	Mediterranean Sea	Adriatic Sea
42°59′N 16°0′E / 42.983°N 16.000°E / 42.983; 16.000 (Croatia)Category:Pages using gadget WikiMiniAtlas	Croatia	Island of Biševo
42°57′N 16°0′E / 42.950°N 16.000°E / 42.950; 16.000 (Mediterranean Sea)Category:Pages using gadget WikiMiniAtlas	Mediterranean Sea	Adriatic Sea
41°57′N 16°0′E / 41.950°N 16.000°E / 41.950; 16.000 (Italy)Category:Pages using gadget WikiMiniAtlas	Italy
41°40′N 16°0′E / 41.667°N 16.000°E / 41.667; 16.000 (Mediterranean Sea)Category:Pages using gadget WikiMiniAtlas	Mediterranean Sea	Gulf of Manfredonia
41°26′N 16°0′E / 41.433°N 16.000°E / 41.433; 16.000 (Italy)Category:Pages using gadget WikiMiniAtlas	Italy
39°25′N 16°0′E / 39.417°N 16.000°E / 39.417; 16.000 (Mediterranean Sea)Category:Pages using gadget WikiMiniAtlas	Mediterranean Sea	Tyrrhenian Sea
38°44′N 16°0′E / 38.733°N 16.000°E / 38.733; 16.000 (Italy)Category:Pages using gadget WikiMiniAtlas	Italy
37°55′N 16°0′E / 37.917°N 16.000°E / 37.917; 16.000 (Mediterranean Sea)Category:Pages using gadget WikiMiniAtlas	Mediterranean Sea
31°17′N 16°0′E / 31.283°N 16.000°E / 31.283; 16.000 (Libya)Category:Pages using gadget WikiMiniAtlas	Libya
23°27′N 16°0′E / 23.450°N 16.000°E / 23.450; 16.000 (Chad)Category:Pages using gadget WikiMiniAtlas	Chad	The meridian enters Chad at the country's northernmost point, on the Tropic of Cancer
7°30′N 16°0′E / 7.500°N 16.000°E / 7.500; 16.000 (Central African Republic)Category:Pages using gadget WikiMiniAtlas	Central African Republic
3°0′N 16°0′E / 3.000°N 16.000°E / 3.000; 16.000 (Cameroon)Category:Pages using gadget WikiMiniAtlas	Cameroon
1°45′N 16°0′E / 1.750°N 16.000°E / 1.750; 16.000 (Republic of the Congo)Category:Pages using gadget WikiMiniAtlas	Republic of the Congo
3°44′S 16°0′E / 3.733°S 16.000°E / -3.733; 16.000 (Democratic Republic of the Congo)Category:Pages using gadget WikiMiniAtlas	Democratic Republic of the Congo
5°52′S 16°0′E / 5.867°S 16.000°E / -5.867; 16.000 (Angola)Category:Pages using gadget WikiMiniAtlas	Angola
17°23′S 16°0′E / 17.383°S 16.000°E / -17.383; 16.000 (Namibia)Category:Pages using gadget WikiMiniAtlas	Namibia
28°15′S 16°0′E / 28.250°S 16.000°E / -28.250; 16.000 (Atlantic Ocean)Category:Pages using gadget WikiMiniAtlas	Atlantic Ocean
60°0′S 16°0′E / 60.000°S 16.000°E / -60.000; 16.000 (Southern Ocean)Category:Pages using gadget WikiMiniAtlas	Southern Ocean
69°41′S 16°0′E / 69.683°S 16.000°E / -69.683; 16.000 (Antarctica)Category:Pages using gadget WikiMiniAtlas	Antarctica	Queen Maud Land, claimed by  Norway

See also

• 15th meridian east
• 17th meridian east

References