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.
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 |
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Arctic Ocean | ||
Island of Spitsbergen, Svalbard | ||
Atlantic Ocean | Greenland Sea Norwegian Sea | |
Islands of Andøya and Hinnøya, and the mainland | ||
Baltic Sea | ||
For about 11 km | ||
For about 6 km | ||
Passing through Zagreb, east of the city centre | ||
Mediterranean Sea | Adriatic Sea | |
Island of Biševo | ||
Mediterranean Sea | Adriatic Sea | |
Mediterranean Sea | Gulf of Manfredonia | |
Mediterranean Sea | Tyrrhenian Sea | |
Mediterranean Sea | ||
The meridian enters Chad at the country's northernmost point, on the Tropic of Cancer | ||
Atlantic Ocean | ||
Southern Ocean | ||
Antarctica | Queen Maud Land, claimed by | |