27th meridian east

The meridian 27° 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.

27°
27th meridian east

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 Arctic Ocean
80°6′N 27°0′E  Norway Island of Nordaustlandet, Svalbard
79°52′N 27°0′E Barents Sea
78°42′N 27°0′E  Norway Island of Svenskøya, Svalbard
78°41′N 27°0′E Barents Sea
70°36′N 27°0′E  Norway
69°55′N 27°0′E  Finland
60°25′N 27°0′E Baltic Sea Gulf of Finland
60°4′N 27°0′E  Russia Leningrad Oblast — island of Gogland
60°1′N 27°0′E Baltic Sea Gulf of Finland
59°26′N 27°0′E  Estonia Passing through Lake Peipsi-Pihkva
57°37′N 27°0′E  Latvia
55°49′N 27°0′E  Belarus
51°47′N 27°0′E  Ukraine
48°22′N 27°0′E  Moldova
48°8′N 27°0′E  Romania
44°8′N 27°0′E  Bulgaria
42°2′N 27°0′E  Turkey 165 km. Thrace
40°34′N 27°0′E Sea of Marmara 16 km.
40°23′N 27°0′E  Turkey 257 km. Anatolia
38°4′N 27°0′E Mediterranean Sea Aegean Sea
37°47′N 27°0′E  Greece Island of Samos
37°42′N 27°0′E Mediterranean Sea Aegean Sea
37°28′N 27°0′E  Greece Island of Agathonisi
37°27′N 27°0′E Mediterranean Sea Aegean Sea
37°1′N 27°0′E  Greece Island of Kalymnos
36°57′N 27°0′E Mediterranean Sea Aegean Sea
36°47′N 27°0′E  Greece Island of Kos
36°45′N 27°0′E Mediterranean Sea Aegean Sea
35°26′N 27°0′E  Greece Island of Kasos
35°24′N 27°0′E Mediterranean Sea
31°26′N 27°0′E  Egypt
22°0′N 27°0′E  Sudan
9°35′N 27°0′E  South Sudan
5°51′N 27°0′E  Central African Republic
5°10′N 27°0′E  Democratic Republic of the Congo
11°51′S 27°0′E  Zambia
17°57′S 27°0′E  Zimbabwe
20°1′S 27°0′E  Botswana
23°41′S 27°0′E  South Africa Limpopo
North West
Free State
Eastern Cape
33°35′S 27°0′E Indian Ocean
60°0′S 27°0′E Southern Ocean
69°58′S 27°0′E Antarctica Queen Maud Land, claimed by  Norway

See also

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