27th meridian east

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The meridian 27° east of Greenwich is a line of longitude that extends from the North Pole across the Arctic Ocean, Europe, Asia, Africa, the Indian Ocean, the Southern Ocean, and Antarctica to the South Pole. The 27th meridian east forms a great circle with the 153rd meridian west.

From Pole to Pole

Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 27th meridian east passes through:

Co-ordinates Country, territory or sea Notes
90°0′N 27°0′E / 90.000°N 27.000°E / 90.000; 27.000 (Arctic Ocean) Arctic Ocean
80°6′N 27°0′E / 80.100°N 27.000°E / 80.100; 27.000 (Norway) File:Flag of Norway.svg Norway Island of Nordaustlandet, Svalbard
79°52′N 27°0′E / 79.867°N 27.000°E / 79.867; 27.000 (Barents Sea) Barents Sea
78°42′N 27°0′E / 78.700°N 27.000°E / 78.700; 27.000 (Norway) File:Flag of Norway.svg Norway Island of Svenskøya, Svalbard
78°41′N 27°0′E / 78.683°N 27.000°E / 78.683; 27.000 (Barents Sea) Barents Sea
70°36′N 27°0′E / 70.600°N 27.000°E / 70.600; 27.000 (Norway) File:Flag of Norway.svg Norway
69°55′N 27°0′E / 69.917°N 27.000°E / 69.917; 27.000 (Finland) File:Flag of Finland.svg Finland
60°25′N 27°0′E / 60.417°N 27.000°E / 60.417; 27.000 (Baltic Sea) Baltic Sea Gulf of Finland
60°4′N 27°0′E / 60.067°N 27.000°E / 60.067; 27.000 (Russia) File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia Leningrad Oblast — island of Gogland
60°1′N 27°0′E / 60.017°N 27.000°E / 60.017; 27.000 (Baltic Sea) Baltic Sea Gulf of Finland
59°26′N 27°0′E / 59.433°N 27.000°E / 59.433; 27.000 (Estonia) File:Flag of Estonia.svg Estonia Passing through Lake Peipus
57°37′N 27°0′E / 57.617°N 27.000°E / 57.617; 27.000 (Latvia) File:Flag of Latvia.svg Latvia
55°49′N 27°0′E / 55.817°N 27.000°E / 55.817; 27.000 (Belarus) File:Flag of Belarus.svg Belarus
51°47′N 27°0′E / 51.783°N 27.000°E / 51.783; 27.000 (Ukraine) File:Flag of Ukraine.svg Ukraine
48°22′N 27°0′E / 48.367°N 27.000°E / 48.367; 27.000 (Moldova) File:Flag of Moldova.svg Moldova
48°8′N 27°0′E / 48.133°N 27.000°E / 48.133; 27.000 (Romania) File:Flag of Romania.svg Romania
44°8′N 27°0′E / 44.133°N 27.000°E / 44.133; 27.000 (Bulgaria) File:Flag of Bulgaria.svg Bulgaria
42°2′N 27°0′E / 42.033°N 27.000°E / 42.033; 27.000 (Turkey) File:Flag of Turkey.svg Turkey 165 km. Thrace
40°34′N 27°0′E / 40.567°N 27.000°E / 40.567; 27.000 (Sea of Marmara) Sea of Marmara 16 km.
40°23′N 27°0′E / 40.383°N 27.000°E / 40.383; 27.000 (Turkey) File:Flag of Turkey.svg Turkey 257 km. Anatolia
38°4′N 27°0′E / 38.067°N 27.000°E / 38.067; 27.000 (Mediterranean Sea) Mediterranean Sea Aegean Sea
37°47′N 27°0′E / 37.783°N 27.000°E / 37.783; 27.000 (Greece) File:Flag of Greece.svg Greece Island of Samos
37°42′N 27°0′E / 37.700°N 27.000°E / 37.700; 27.000 (Mediterranean Sea) Mediterranean Sea Aegean Sea
37°28′N 27°0′E / 37.467°N 27.000°E / 37.467; 27.000 (Greece) File:Flag of Greece.svg Greece Island of Agathonisi
37°27′N 27°0′E / 37.450°N 27.000°E / 37.450; 27.000 (Mediterranean Sea) Mediterranean Sea Aegean Sea
37°1′N 27°0′E / 37.017°N 27.000°E / 37.017; 27.000 (Greece) File:Flag of Greece.svg Greece Island of Kalymnos
36°57′N 27°0′E / 36.950°N 27.000°E / 36.950; 27.000 (Mediterranean Sea) Mediterranean Sea Aegean Sea
36°47′N 27°0′E / 36.783°N 27.000°E / 36.783; 27.000 (Greece) File:Flag of Greece.svg Greece Island of Kos
36°45′N 27°0′E / 36.750°N 27.000°E / 36.750; 27.000 (Mediterranean Sea) Mediterranean Sea Aegean Sea
35°26′N 27°0′E / 35.433°N 27.000°E / 35.433; 27.000 (Greece) File:Flag of Greece.svg Greece Island of Kasos
35°24′N 27°0′E / 35.400°N 27.000°E / 35.400; 27.000 (Mediterranean Sea) Mediterranean Sea
31°26′N 27°0′E / 31.433°N 27.000°E / 31.433; 27.000 (Egypt) File:Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt
22°0′N 27°0′E / 22.000°N 27.000°E / 22.000; 27.000 (Sudan) File:Flag of Sudan.svg Sudan
9°35′N 27°0′E / 9.583°N 27.000°E / 9.583; 27.000 (South Sudan) File:Flag of South Sudan.svg South Sudan
5°51′N 27°0′E / 5.850°N 27.000°E / 5.850; 27.000 (Central African Republic) File:Flag of the Central African Republic.svg Central African Republic
5°10′N 27°0′E / 5.167°N 27.000°E / 5.167; 27.000 (Democratic Republic of the Congo) File:Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg Democratic Republic of the Congo
11°51′S 27°0′E / 11.850°S 27.000°E / -11.850; 27.000 (Zambia) File:Flag of Zambia.svg Zambia
17°57′S 27°0′E / 17.950°S 27.000°E / -17.950; 27.000 (Zimbabwe) File:Flag of Zimbabwe.svg Zimbabwe
20°1′S 27°0′E / 20.017°S 27.000°E / -20.017; 27.000 (Botswana) File:Flag of Botswana.svg Botswana
23°41′S 27°0′E / 23.683°S 27.000°E / -23.683; 27.000 (South Africa) File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa Limpopo
North West
Free State
Eastern Cape
33°35′S 27°0′E / 33.583°S 27.000°E / -33.583; 27.000 (Indian Ocean) Indian Ocean
60°0′S 27°0′E / 60.000°S 27.000°E / -60.000; 27.000 (Southern Ocean) Southern Ocean
69°58′S 27°0′E / 69.967°S 27.000°E / -69.967; 27.000 (Antarctica) Antarctica Queen Maud Land, claimed by File:Flag of Norway.svg Norway

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