16th meridian east

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Line across the Earth
16°
16th meridian east
Monument marking the meridian in Zagreb, Croatia

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:

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) Arctic Ocean
80°1′N 16°0′E / 80.017°N 16.000°E / 80.017; 16.000 (Norway)  Norway Island of Spitsbergen, Svalbard
76°45′N 16°0′E / 76.750°N 16.000°E / 76.750; 16.000 (Atlantic Ocean) Atlantic Ocean Greenland Sea
Norwegian Sea
69°18′N 16°0′E / 69.300°N 16.000°E / 69.300; 16.000 (Norway)  Norway Islands of Andøy and Hinnøya, and the mainland
66°52′N 16°0′E / 66.867°N 16.000°E / 66.867; 16.000 (Sweden)  Sweden
56°12′N 16°0′E / 56.200°N 16.000°E / 56.200; 16.000 (Baltic Sea) Baltic Sea
54°15′N 16°0′E / 54.250°N 16.000°E / 54.250; 16.000 (Poland)  Poland
50°36′N 16°0′E / 50.600°N 16.000°E / 50.600; 16.000 (Czech Republic)  Czech Republic
48°47′N 16°0′E / 48.783°N 16.000°E / 48.783; 16.000 (Austria)  Austria
46°50′N 16°0′E / 46.833°N 16.000°E / 46.833; 16.000 (Slovenia)  Slovenia For about 11 km
46°43′N 16°0′E / 46.717°N 16.000°E / 46.717; 16.000 (Austria)  Austria For about 6 km
46°40′N 16°0′E / 46.667°N 16.000°E / 46.667; 16.000 (Slovenia)  Slovenia
46°18′N 16°0′E / 46.300°N 16.000°E / 46.300; 16.000 (Croatia)  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)  Bosnia and Herzegovina
44°38′N 16°0′E / 44.633°N 16.000°E / 44.633; 16.000 (Croatia)  Croatia
43°29′N 16°0′E / 43.483°N 16.000°E / 43.483; 16.000 (Mediterranean Sea) Mediterranean Sea Adriatic Sea
42°59′N 16°0′E / 42.983°N 16.000°E / 42.983; 16.000 (Croatia)  Croatia Island of Biševo
42°57′N 16°0′E / 42.950°N 16.000°E / 42.950; 16.000 (Mediterranean Sea) Mediterranean Sea Adriatic Sea
41°57′N 16°0′E / 41.950°N 16.000°E / 41.950; 16.000 (Italy)  Italy
41°40′N 16°0′E / 41.667°N 16.000°E / 41.667; 16.000 (Mediterranean Sea) Mediterranean Sea Gulf of Manfredonia
41°26′N 16°0′E / 41.433°N 16.000°E / 41.433; 16.000 (Italy)  Italy
39°25′N 16°0′E / 39.417°N 16.000°E / 39.417; 16.000 (Mediterranean Sea) Mediterranean Sea Tyrrhenian Sea
38°44′N 16°0′E / 38.733°N 16.000°E / 38.733; 16.000 (Italy)  Italy
37°55′N 16°0′E / 37.917°N 16.000°E / 37.917; 16.000 (Mediterranean Sea) Mediterranean Sea
31°17′N 16°0′E / 31.283°N 16.000°E / 31.283; 16.000 (Libya)  Libya
23°27′N 16°0′E / 23.450°N 16.000°E / 23.450; 16.000 (Chad)  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)  Central African Republic
3°0′N 16°0′E / 3.000°N 16.000°E / 3.000; 16.000 (Cameroon)  Cameroon
1°45′N 16°0′E / 1.750°N 16.000°E / 1.750; 16.000 (Republic of the Congo)  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)  Democratic Republic of the Congo
5°52′S 16°0′E / 5.867°S 16.000°E / -5.867; 16.000 (Angola)  Angola
17°23′S 16°0′E / 17.383°S 16.000°E / -17.383; 16.000 (Namibia)  Namibia
28°15′S 16°0′E / 28.250°S 16.000°E / -28.250; 16.000 (Atlantic Ocean) Atlantic Ocean
60°0′S 16°0′E / 60.000°S 16.000°E / -60.000; 16.000 (Southern Ocean) Southern Ocean
69°41′S 16°0′E / 69.683°S 16.000°E / -69.683; 16.000 (Antarctica) Antarctica
claimed by  Norway

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