25th meridian east

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Line across the Earth
25°
25th meridian east
The 25th meridian east delineates most of Libya's eastern border with Egypt and Sudan

The meridian 25° 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 25th meridian east forms a great circle with the 155th meridian west.

Most of the border between Libya and Egypt is defined by the meridian, as is much of the border between Libya and Sudan.[1]

From Pole to Pole

Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 25th meridian east passes through:

Co-ordinates Country, territory or sea Notes
90°0′N 25°0′E / 90.000°N 25.000°E / 90.000; 25.000 (Arctic Ocean) Arctic Ocean
80°15′N 25°0′E / 80.250°N 25.000°E / 80.250; 25.000 (Norway)  Norway Island of Nordaustlandet, Svalbard
79°20′N 25°0′E / 79.333°N 25.000°E / 79.333; 25.000 (Barents Sea) Barents Sea
76°29′N 25°0′E / 76.483°N 25.000°E / 76.483; 25.000 (Norway)  Norway Island of
Hopen, Svalbard
76°26′N 25°0′E / 76.433°N 25.000°E / 76.433; 25.000 (Barents Sea) Barents Sea
71°2′N 25°0′E / 71.033°N 25.000°E / 71.033; 25.000 (Norway)  Norway
68°37′N 25°0′E / 68.617°N 25.000°E / 68.617; 25.000 (Finland)  Finland
65°38′N 25°0′E / 65.633°N 25.000°E / 65.633; 25.000 (Baltic Sea) Baltic Sea Gulf of Bothnia
65°3′N 25°0′E / 65.050°N 25.000°E / 65.050; 25.000 (Finland)  Finland Island of Hailuoto
65°2′N 25°0′E / 65.033°N 25.000°E / 65.033; 25.000 (Baltic Sea) Baltic Sea Gulf of Bothnia
64°55′N 25°0′E / 64.917°N 25.000°E / 64.917; 25.000 (Finland)  Finland Passing through Helsinki
60°10′N 25°0′E / 60.167°N 25.000°E / 60.167; 25.000 (Baltic Sea) Baltic Sea Gulf of Finland
59°39′N 25°0′E / 59.650°N 25.000°E / 59.650; 25.000 (Estonia)  Estonia Island of Prangli
59°37′N 25°0′E / 59.617°N 25.000°E / 59.617; 25.000 (Baltic Sea) Baltic Sea Gulf of Finland
59°29′N 25°0′E / 59.483°N 25.000°E / 59.483; 25.000 (Estonia)  Estonia Passing just east of Tallinn
58°0′N 25°0′E / 58.000°N 25.000°E / 58.000; 25.000 (Latvia)  Latvia
56°18′N 25°0′E / 56.300°N 25.000°E / 56.300; 25.000 (Lithuania)  Lithuania Passing just west of Vilnius
54°9′N 25°0′E / 54.150°N 25.000°E / 54.150; 25.000 (Belarus)  Belarus
51°55′N 25°0′E / 51.917°N 25.000°E / 51.917; 25.000 (Ukraine)  Ukraine Volyn Oblast — passing just west of Lutsk
Lviv Oblast — passing just east of Zolochiv
Ternopil Oblast — passing just east of Berezhany
Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast — passing through Kolomyia
Chernivtsi Oblast
47°44′N 25°0′E / 47.733°N 25.000°E / 47.733; 25.000 (Romania)  Romania
43°44′N 25°0′E / 43.733°N 25.000°E / 43.733; 25.000 (Bulgaria)  Bulgaria
41°23′N 25°0′E / 41.383°N 25.000°E / 41.383; 25.000 (Greece)  Greece
40°57′N 25°0′E / 40.950°N 25.000°E / 40.950; 25.000 (Mediterranean Sea) Mediterranean Sea Aegean Sea - passing just west of the island of Lemnos,  Greece
39°33′N 25°0′E / 39.550°N 25.000°E / 39.550; 25.000 (Greece)  Greece Island of Agios Efstratios
39°29′N 25°0′E / 39.483°N 25.000°E / 39.483; 25.000 (Mediterranean Sea) Mediterranean Sea Aegean Sea
37°46′N 25°0′E / 37.767°N 25.000°E / 37.767; 25.000 (Greece)  Greece Just passing through the easternmost point of the island of Andros
37°46′N 25°0′E / 37.767°N 25.000°E / 37.767; 25.000 (Mediterranean Sea) Mediterranean Sea Aegean Sea
37°40′N 25°0′E / 37.667°N 25.000°E / 37.667; 25.000 (Greece)  Greece Island of Tinos
37°38′N 25°0′E / 37.633°N 25.000°E / 37.633; 25.000 (Mediterranean Sea) Mediterranean Sea Aegean Sea - passing just east of the island of Syros,  Greece
36°59′N 25°0′E / 36.983°N 25.000°E / 36.983; 25.000 (Greece)  Greece Island of Despotiko
36°57′N 25°0′E / 36.950°N 25.000°E / 36.950; 25.000 (Mediterranean Sea) Mediterranean Sea Aegean Sea
Passing between the islands of Folegandros and Sikinos,  Greece
36°36′N 25°0′E / 36.600°N 25.000°E / 36.600; 25.000 (Mediterranean Sea) Mediterranean Sea Sea of Crete
35°25′N 25°0′E / 35.417°N 25.000°E / 35.417; 25.000 (Greece)  Greece Island of Crete
34°56′N 25°0′E / 34.933°N 25.000°E / 34.933; 25.000 (Mediterranean Sea) Mediterranean Sea
31°57′N 25°0′E / 31.950°N 25.000°E / 31.950; 25.000 (Libya)  Libya
31°30′N 25°0′E / 31.500°N 25.000°E / 31.500; 25.000 (Egypt)  Egypt
30°50′N 25°0′E / 30.833°N 25.000°E / 30.833; 25.000 (Libya)  Libya For about 12 km
30°44′N 25°0′E / 30.733°N 25.000°E / 30.733; 25.000 (Egypt)  Egypt
29°15′N 25°0′E / 29.250°N 25.000°E / 29.250; 25.000 (Libya / Egypt border)  Libya /  Egypt border
22°0′N 25°0′E / 22.000°N 25.000°E / 22.000; 25.000 (Libya / Sudan border)  Libya /  Sudan border
20°0′N 25°0′E / 20.000°N 25.000°E / 20.000; 25.000 (Sudan)  Sudan
9°58′N 25°0′E / 9.967°N 25.000°E / 9.967; 25.000 (South Sudan)  South Sudan
7°58′N 25°0′E / 7.967°N 25.000°E / 7.967; 25.000 (Central African Republic)  Central African Republic
5°0′N 25°0′E / 5.000°N 25.000°E / 5.000; 25.000 (Democratic Republic of the Congo)  Democratic Republic of the Congo
11°15′S 25°0′E / 11.250°S 25.000°E / -11.250; 25.000 (Zambia)  Zambia
17°36′S 25°0′E / 17.600°S 25.000°E / -17.600; 25.000 (Namibia)  Namibia Caprivi Strip
17°43′S 25°0′E / 17.717°S 25.000°E / -17.717; 25.000 (Botswana)  Botswana Passing through the Makgadikgadi Pan
25°45′S 25°0′E / 25.750°S 25.000°E / -25.750; 25.000 (South Africa)  South Africa
Free State
Northern Cape
Eastern Cape
33°59′S 25°0′E / 33.983°S 25.000°E / -33.983; 25.000 (Indian Ocean) Indian Ocean
60°0′S 25°0′E / 60.000°S 25.000°E / -60.000; 25.000 (Southern Ocean) Southern Ocean
70°7′S 25°0′E / 70.117°S 25.000°E / -70.117; 25.000 (Antarctica) Antarctica
claimed by  Norway

See also

References

  1. ^ Brownlie, Ian (1979). African Boundaries: A Legal and Diplomatic Encyclopedia. Institute for International Affairs, Hurst and Co. pp. 102–09 & 133–40.