25th meridian east

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25th meridian east
The 25th meridian east delineates most of Libya's eastern border with Egypt and Sudan 25th meridian Libya.png
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 [1] that extends from the North Pole across the Arctic Ocean, Europe, Africa, the Indian Ocean, the Southern Ocean, and Antarctica to the South Pole.

Contents

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. [2]

From Pole to Pole

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

Co-ordinatesCountry, territory or seaNotes
90°0′N25°0′E / 90.000°N 25.000°E / 90.000; 25.000 (Arctic Ocean) Arctic Ocean
80°15′N25°0′E / 80.250°N 25.000°E / 80.250; 25.000 (Norway) Flag of Norway.svg  Norway Island of Nordaustlandet, Svalbard
79°20′N25°0′E / 79.333°N 25.000°E / 79.333; 25.000 (Barents Sea) Barents Sea
76°29′N25°0′E / 76.483°N 25.000°E / 76.483; 25.000 (Norway) Flag of Norway.svg  Norway Island of Hopen, Svalbard
76°26′N25°0′E / 76.433°N 25.000°E / 76.433; 25.000 (Barents Sea) Barents Sea
71°2′N25°0′E / 71.033°N 25.000°E / 71.033; 25.000 (Norway) Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
68°37′N25°0′E / 68.617°N 25.000°E / 68.617; 25.000 (Finland) Flag of Finland.svg  Finland
65°38′N25°0′E / 65.633°N 25.000°E / 65.633; 25.000 (Baltic Sea) Baltic Sea Gulf of Bothnia
65°3′N25°0′E / 65.050°N 25.000°E / 65.050; 25.000 (Finland) Flag of Finland.svg  Finland Island of Hailuoto
65°2′N25°0′E / 65.033°N 25.000°E / 65.033; 25.000 (Baltic Sea) Baltic Sea Gulf of Bothnia
64°55′N25°0′E / 64.917°N 25.000°E / 64.917; 25.000 (Finland) Flag of Finland.svg  Finland Passing through Helsinki
60°10′N25°0′E / 60.167°N 25.000°E / 60.167; 25.000 (Baltic Sea) Baltic Sea Gulf of Finland
59°39′N25°0′E / 59.650°N 25.000°E / 59.650; 25.000 (Estonia) Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia Island of Prangli
59°37′N25°0′E / 59.617°N 25.000°E / 59.617; 25.000 (Baltic Sea) Baltic Sea Gulf of Finland
59°29′N25°0′E / 59.483°N 25.000°E / 59.483; 25.000 (Estonia) Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia Passing just east of Tallinn
58°0′N25°0′E / 58.000°N 25.000°E / 58.000; 25.000 (Latvia) Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia
56°18′N25°0′E / 56.300°N 25.000°E / 56.300; 25.000 (Lithuania) Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania Passing just west of Vilnius
54°9′N25°0′E / 54.150°N 25.000°E / 54.150; 25.000 (Belarus) Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus
51°55′N25°0′E / 51.917°N 25.000°E / 51.917; 25.000 (Ukraine) Flag of Ukraine.svg  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′N25°0′E / 47.733°N 25.000°E / 47.733; 25.000 (Romania) Flag of Romania.svg  Romania
43°44′N25°0′E / 43.733°N 25.000°E / 43.733; 25.000 (Bulgaria) Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria
41°23′N25°0′E / 41.383°N 25.000°E / 41.383; 25.000 (Greece) Flag of Greece.svg  Greece
40°57′N25°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, Flag of Greece.svg  Greece
39°33′N25°0′E / 39.550°N 25.000°E / 39.550; 25.000 (Greece) Flag of Greece.svg  Greece Island of Agios Efstratios
39°29′N25°0′E / 39.483°N 25.000°E / 39.483; 25.000 (Mediterranean Sea) Mediterranean Sea Aegean Sea
37°46′N25°0′E / 37.767°N 25.000°E / 37.767; 25.000 (Greece) Flag of Greece.svg  Greece Just passing through the easternmost point of the island of Andros
37°46′N25°0′E / 37.767°N 25.000°E / 37.767; 25.000 (Mediterranean Sea) Mediterranean Sea Aegean Sea
37°40′N25°0′E / 37.667°N 25.000°E / 37.667; 25.000 (Greece) Flag of Greece.svg  Greece Island of Tinos
37°38′N25°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, Flag of Greece.svg  Greece
36°59′N25°0′E / 36.983°N 25.000°E / 36.983; 25.000 (Greece) Flag of Greece.svg  Greece Island of Despotiko
36°57′N25°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, Flag of Greece.svg  Greece
36°36′N25°0′E / 36.600°N 25.000°E / 36.600; 25.000 (Mediterranean Sea) Mediterranean Sea Sea of Crete
35°25′N25°0′E / 35.417°N 25.000°E / 35.417; 25.000 (Greece) Flag of Greece.svg  Greece Island of Crete
34°56′N25°0′E / 34.933°N 25.000°E / 34.933; 25.000 (Mediterranean Sea) Mediterranean Sea
31°57′N25°0′E / 31.950°N 25.000°E / 31.950; 25.000 (Libya) Flag of Libya.svg  Libya
31°30′N25°0′E / 31.500°N 25.000°E / 31.500; 25.000 (Egypt) Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt
30°50′N25°0′E / 30.833°N 25.000°E / 30.833; 25.000 (Libya) Flag of Libya.svg  Libya For about 12 km
30°44′N25°0′E / 30.733°N 25.000°E / 30.733; 25.000 (Egypt) Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt
29°15′N25°0′E / 29.250°N 25.000°E / 29.250; 25.000 (Libya / Egypt border) Flag of Libya.svg  Libya / Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt border
22°0′N25°0′E / 22.000°N 25.000°E / 22.000; 25.000 (Libya / Sudan border) Flag of Libya.svg  Libya / Flag of Sudan.svg  Sudan border
20°0′N25°0′E / 20.000°N 25.000°E / 20.000; 25.000 (Sudan) Flag of Sudan.svg  Sudan
9°58′N25°0′E / 9.967°N 25.000°E / 9.967; 25.000 (South Sudan) Flag of South Sudan.svg  South Sudan
7°58′N25°0′E / 7.967°N 25.000°E / 7.967; 25.000 (Central African Republic) Flag of the Central African Republic.svg  Central African Republic
5°0′N25°0′E / 5.000°N 25.000°E / 5.000; 25.000 (Democratic Republic of the Congo) Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg  Democratic Republic of the Congo
11°15′S25°0′E / 11.250°S 25.000°E / -11.250; 25.000 (Zambia) Flag of Zambia.svg  Zambia
17°36′S25°0′E / 17.600°S 25.000°E / -17.600; 25.000 (Namibia) Flag of Namibia.svg  Namibia Caprivi Strip
17°43′S25°0′E / 17.717°S 25.000°E / -17.717; 25.000 (Botswana) Flag of Botswana.svg  Botswana Passing through the Makgadikgadi Pan
25°45′S25°0′E / 25.750°S 25.000°E / -25.750; 25.000 (South Africa) Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa North West
Northern Cape - for about 8 km
North West
Northern Cape - for about 8 km
Free State
Northern Cape
Eastern Cape
33°59′S25°0′E / 33.983°S 25.000°E / -33.983; 25.000 (Indian Ocean) Indian Ocean
60°0′S25°0′E / 60.000°S 25.000°E / -60.000; 25.000 (Southern Ocean) Southern Ocean
70°7′S25°0′E / 70.117°S 25.000°E / -70.117; 25.000 (Antarctica) Antarctica Queen Maud Land, claimed by Flag of Norway.svg  Norway

See also

References

  1. "What is longitude?". oceanservice.noaa.gov. Retrieved 30 June 2025.
  2. Brownlie, Ian (1979). African Boundaries: A Legal and Diplomatic Encyclopedia. Institute for International Affairs, Hurst and Co. pp. 102–09 & 133–40.