The meridian 26° 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.

Line across the Earth
26°
26th meridian east

The 26th meridian east forms a great circle with the 154th meridian west.

From Pole to Pole

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Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 26th meridian east passes through:

Co-ordinates Country, territory or sea Notes
90°0′N 26°0′E / 90.000°N 26.000°E / 90.000; 26.000 (Arctic Ocean) Arctic Ocean
80°10′N 26°0′E / 80.167°N 26.000°E / 80.167; 26.000 (Norway)   Norwegen Island of Nordaustlandet, Svalbard
79°40′N 26°0′E / 79.667°N 26.000°E / 79.667; 26.000 (Barents Sea) Barents Sea
71°8′N 26°0′E / 71.133°N 26.000°E / 71.133; 26.000 (Norway)   Norwegen Island of Magerøya
70°58′N 26°0′E / 70.967°N 26.000°E / 70.967; 26.000 (Porsangerfjorden) Porsangerfjorden
70°39′N 26°0′E / 70.650°N 26.000°E / 70.650; 26.000 (Norway)   Norwegen
69°43′N 26°0′E / 69.717°N 26.000°E / 69.717; 26.000 (Finland)   Finnland
60°16′N 26°0′E / 60.267°N 26.000°E / 60.267; 26.000 (Baltic Sea) Baltic Sea Gulf of Finland
59°37′N 26°0′E / 59.617°N 26.000°E / 59.617; 26.000 (Estonia)   Estland
57°52′N 26°0′E / 57.867°N 26.000°E / 57.867; 26.000 (Latvia)   Lettland
55°58′N 26°0′E / 55.967°N 26.000°E / 55.967; 26.000 (Lithuania)   Litauen
54°57′N 26°0′E / 54.950°N 26.000°E / 54.950; 26.000 (Belarus)   Weißrussland
51°56′N 26°0′E / 51.933°N 26.000°E / 51.933; 26.000 (Ukraine)   Ukraine Rivne Oblast — passing just east of Varash
Volyn Oblast — for about 9 km
Rivne Oblast — for about 6 km
Volyn Oblast — for about 13 km
Rivne Oblast — passing just west of Rivne
Ternopil Oblast — passing just west of Borshchiv
Chernivtsi Oblast — passing through Chernivtsi
47°58′N 26°0′E / 47.967°N 26.000°E / 47.967; 26.000 (Romania)   Rumänien Passing just west of Bucharest
43°53′N 26°0′E / 43.883°N 26.000°E / 43.883; 26.000 (Bulgaria)   Bulgarien Passing just east of Ruse
41°20′N 26°0′E / 41.333°N 26.000°E / 41.333; 26.000 (Greece)   Griechenland
40°49′N 26°0′E / 40.817°N 26.000°E / 40.817; 26.000 (Mediterranean Sea) Mediterranean Sea Aegean Sea
40°9′N 26°0′E / 40.150°N 26.000°E / 40.150; 26.000 (Turkey)   Türkei Island of Imbros
40°8′N 26°0′E / 40.133°N 26.000°E / 40.133; 26.000 (Mediterranean Sea) Mediterranean Sea Aegean Sea
39°51′N 26°0′E / 39.850°N 26.000°E / 39.850; 26.000 (Turkey)   Türkei Island of Bozcaada
39°49′N 26°0′E / 39.817°N 26.000°E / 39.817; 26.000 (Mediterranean Sea) Mediterranean Sea Aegean Sea
39°17′N 26°0′E / 39.283°N 26.000°E / 39.283; 26.000 (Greece)   Griechenland Island of Lesbos
39°7′N 26°0′E / 39.117°N 26.000°E / 39.117; 26.000 (Mediterranean Sea) Mediterranean Sea Aegean Sea
38°36′N 26°0′E / 38.600°N 26.000°E / 38.600; 26.000 (Greece)   Griechenland Island of Chios
38°10′N 26°0′E / 38.167°N 26.000°E / 38.167; 26.000 (Mediterranean Sea) Mediterranean Sea Aegean Sea
37°34′N 26°0′E / 37.567°N 26.000°E / 37.567; 26.000 (Greece)   Griechenland Island of Icaria
37°31′N 26°0′E / 37.517°N 26.000°E / 37.517; 26.000 (Mediterranean Sea) Mediterranean Sea Aegean Sea
36°56′N 26°0′E / 36.933°N 26.000°E / 36.933; 26.000 (Greece)   Griechenland Island of Amorgos
36°53′N 26°0′E / 36.883°N 26.000°E / 36.883; 26.000 (Mediterranean Sea) Mediterranean Sea Aegean Sea
35°12′N 26°0′E / 35.200°N 26.000°E / 35.200; 26.000 (Greece)   Griechenland Island of Crete
35°1′N 26°0′E / 35.017°N 26.000°E / 35.017; 26.000 (Mediterranean Sea) Mediterranean Sea
31°36′N 26°0′E / 31.600°N 26.000°E / 31.600; 26.000 (Egypt)   Ägypten
22°0′N 26°0′E / 22.000°N 26.000°E / 22.000; 26.000 (Sudan)   Sudan
10°9′N 26°0′E / 10.150°N 26.000°E / 10.150; 26.000 (South Sudan)   South Sudan
7°0′N 26°0′E / 7.000°N 26.000°E / 7.000; 26.000 (Central African Republic)   Zentralafrikanische Republik
5°14′N 26°0′E / 5.233°N 26.000°E / 5.233; 26.000 (Democratic Republic of the Congo)   Democratic Republic of the Congo
11°56′S 26°0′E / 11.933°S 26.000°E / -11.933; 26.000 (Zambia)   Sambia
17°59′S 26°0′E / 17.983°S 26.000°E / -17.983; 26.000 (Zimbabwe)   Simbabwe
19°9′S 26°0′E / 19.150°S 26.000°E / -19.150; 26.000 (Botswana)   Botswana Passing just east of Gaborone
24°43′S 26°0′E / 24.717°S 26.000°E / -24.717; 26.000 (South Africa)   Südafrika North West
Free State
Eastern Cape
33°43′S 26°0′E / 33.717°S 26.000°E / -33.717; 26.000 (Indian Ocean) Indian Ocean
60°0′S 26°0′E / 60.000°S 26.000°E / -60.000; 26.000 (Southern Ocean) Southern Ocean
70°9′S 26°0′E / 70.150°S 26.000°E / -70.150; 26.000 (Antarctica) Antarktis Queen Maud Land, claimed by   Norwegen

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