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16th meridian east
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Line of longitude
June 2025
16
right|thumb|200px|Monument marking the meridian in Zagreb, Croatia
The meridian 16° east of Greenwich is a line of longitudeWhat is longitude? https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/longitude.html oceanservice.noaa.gov 30 June 2025 en 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:
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| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 90 0 N 16 0 E type:waterbody Arctic Ocean
! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Arctic Ocean
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" |
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| 80 1 N 16 0 E type:country Norway
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| Island of Spitsbergen, Svalbard
|-valign="top"
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 76 45 N 16 0 E type:waterbody Atlantic Ocean
! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Atlantic Ocean
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Greenland SeaNorwegian Sea
|-valign="top"
| 69 18 N 16 0 E type:country Norway
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| Islands of Andøya and Hinnøya, and the mainland
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| 66 52 N 16 0 E type:country Sweden
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| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 56 12 N 16 0 E type:waterbody Baltic Sea
! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Baltic Sea
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" |
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| 54 15 N 16 0 E type:country Poland
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| 50 36 N 16 0 E type:country Czech Republic
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| 48 47 N 16 0 E type:country Austria
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| 46 50 N 16 0 E type:country Slovenia
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| For about 11 km
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| 46 43 N 16 0 E type:country Austria
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| For about 6 km
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| 46 40 N 16 0 E type:country Slovenia
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|-valign="top"
| 46 18 N 16 0 E type:country Croatia
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| Passing through Zagreb, east of the city centre
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| 45 13 N 16 0 E type:country Bosnia and Herzegovina
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| 44 38 N 16 0 E type:country Croatia
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| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 43 29 N 16 0 E type:waterbody Mediterranean Sea
! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Mediterranean Sea
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Adriatic Sea
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| 42 59 N 16 0 E type:country Croatia
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| Island of Biševo
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| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 42 57 N 16 0 E type:waterbody Mediterranean Sea
! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Mediterranean Sea
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Adriatic Sea
|-
| 41 57 N 16 0 E type:country Italy
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| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 41 40 N 16 0 E type:waterbody Mediterranean Sea
! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Mediterranean Sea
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Gulf of Manfredonia
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| 41 26 N 16 0 E type:country Italy
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| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 39 25 N 16 0 E type:waterbody Mediterranean Sea
! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Mediterranean Sea
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Tyrrhenian Sea
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| 38 44 N 16 0 E type:country Italy
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| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 37 55 N 16 0 E type:waterbody Mediterranean Sea
! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Mediterranean Sea
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" |
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| 31 17 N 16 0 E type:country Libya
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|-valign="top"
| 23 27 N 16 0 E type:country Chad
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| The meridian enters Chad at the country's northernmost point, on the Tropic of Cancer
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| 7 30 N 16 0 E type:country Central African Republic
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| 3 0 N 16 0 E type:country Cameroon
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| 1 45 N 16 0 E type:country Republic of the Congo
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|-valign="top"
| 3 44 S 16 0 E type:country Democratic Republic of the Congo
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| 5 52 S 16 0 E type:country Angola
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| 17 23 S 16 0 E type:country Namibia
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| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 28 15 S 16 0 E type:waterbody Atlantic Ocean
! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Atlantic Ocean
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" |
|-
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 60 0 S 16 0 E type:waterbody Southern Ocean
! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Southern Ocean
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" |
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| 69 41 S 16 0 E type:country Antarctica
! scope="row" | Antarctica
| Queen Maud Land, claimed by
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|}
See also
15th meridian east
17th meridian east
References
collapsed
e016th meridian east