The meridian 28° 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
28°
28th meridian east

The 28th meridian east forms a great circle with the 152nd meridian west.

From Pole to Pole

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Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 28th meridian east passes through:

Co-ordinates Country, territory or sea Notes
90°0′N 28°0′E / 90.000°N 28.000°E / 90.000; 28.000 (Arctic Ocean) Arctic Ocean
80°12′N 28°0′E / 80.200°N 28.000°E / 80.200; 28.000 (Norway)   Norwegen Island of Storøya, Svalbard
80°3′N 28°0′E / 80.050°N 28.000°E / 80.050; 28.000 (Barents Sea) Barents Sea
78°52′N 28°0′E / 78.867°N 28.000°E / 78.867; 28.000 (Norway)   Norwegen Island of Kongsøya, Svalbard
78°50′N 28°0′E / 78.833°N 28.000°E / 78.833; 28.000 (Barents Sea) Barents Sea
71°4′N 28°0′E / 71.067°N 28.000°E / 71.067; 28.000 (Norway)   Norwegen
70°1′N 28°0′E / 70.017°N 28.000°E / 70.017; 28.000 (Finland)   Finnland
60°40′N 28°0′E / 60.667°N 28.000°E / 60.667; 28.000 (Russia)   Russland Leningrad Oblast
60°30′N 28°0′E / 60.500°N 28.000°E / 60.500; 28.000 (Baltic Sea) Baltic Sea Gulf of Finland
59°26′N 28°0′E / 59.433°N 28.000°E / 59.433; 28.000 (Estonia)   Estland
59°17′N 28°0′E / 59.283°N 28.000°E / 59.283; 28.000 (Russia)   Russland Leningrad Oblast
Pskov Oblast — from 59°2′N 28°0′E / 59.033°N 28.000°E / 59.033; 28.000 (Pskov Oblast), passing through Lake Peipus
56°40′N 28°0′E / 56.667°N 28.000°E / 56.667; 28.000 (Latvia)   Lettland
56°7′N 28°0′E / 56.117°N 28.000°E / 56.117; 28.000 (Belarus)   Weißrussland
51°34′N 28°0′E / 51.567°N 28.000°E / 51.567; 28.000 (Ukraine)   Ukraine
48°19′N 28°0′E / 48.317°N 28.000°E / 48.317; 28.000 (Moldova)   Moldawien
47°2′N 28°0′E / 47.033°N 28.000°E / 47.033; 28.000 (Romania)   Rumänien
43°51′N 28°0′E / 43.850°N 28.000°E / 43.850; 28.000 (Bulgaria)   Bulgarien
41°13′N 28°0′E / 41.217°N 28.000°E / 41.217; 28.000 (Black Sea) Black Sea
42°3′N 28°0′E / 42.050°N 28.000°E / 42.050; 28.000 (Bulgaria)   Bulgarien For about 8 km
41°59′N 28°0′E / 41.983°N 28.000°E / 41.983; 28.000 (Turkey)   Türkei 109 km Thrace
41°1′N 28°0′E / 41.017°N 28.000°E / 41.017; 28.000 (Sea of Marmara) Sea of Marmara 61 km.
40°30′N 28°0′E / 40.500°N 28.000°E / 40.500; 28.000 (Turkey)   Türkei 385 km. Anatolia
37°2′N 28°0′E / 37.033°N 28.000°E / 37.033; 28.000 (Mediterranean Sea) Mediterranean Sea 18 km.Aegean Sea
36°48′N 28°0′E / 36.800°N 28.000°E / 36.800; 28.000 (Turkey)   Türkei 10 km. Datça Peninsula
36°34′N 28°0′E / 36.567°N 28.000°E / 36.567; 28.000 (Mediterranean Sea) Mediterranean Sea 43 km Aegean Sea
36°22′N 28°0′E / 36.367°N 28.000°E / 36.367; 28.000 (Greece)   Griechenland Island of Rhodes
36°3′N 28°0′E / 36.050°N 28.000°E / 36.050; 28.000 (Mediterranean Sea) Mediterranean Sea
31°5′N 28°0′E / 31.083°N 28.000°E / 31.083; 28.000 (Egypt)   Ägypten
22°0′N 28°0′E / 22.000°N 28.000°E / 22.000; 28.000 (Sudan)   Sudan
10°10′N 28°0′E / 10.167°N 28.000°E / 10.167; 28.000 (Abyei) Abyei Area controlled by   Sudan, and claimed by   South Sudan
9°25′N 28°0′E / 9.417°N 28.000°E / 9.417; 28.000 (South Sudan)   South Sudan
4°33′N 28°0′E / 4.550°N 28.000°E / 4.550; 28.000 (Democratic Republic of the Congo)   Democratic Republic of the Congo
12°20′S 28°0′E / 12.333°S 28.000°E / -12.333; 28.000 (Zambia)   Sambia The border with Zimbabwe is in Lake Kariba
16°53′S 28°0′E / 16.883°S 28.000°E / -16.883; 28.000 (Zimbabwe)   Simbabwe
21°33′S 28°0′E / 21.550°S 28.000°E / -21.550; 28.000 (Botswana)   Botswana
22°56′S 28°0′E / 22.933°S 28.000°E / -22.933; 28.000 (South Africa)   Südafrika Limpopo
North West
Gauteng - passing through Johannesburg, west of the city centre
Free State
28°52′S 28°0′E / 28.867°S 28.000°E / -28.867; 28.000 (Lesotho)   Lesotho
30°39′S 28°0′E / 30.650°S 28.000°E / -30.650; 28.000 (South Africa)   Südafrika Eastern Cape
32°57′S 28°0′E / 32.950°S 28.000°E / -32.950; 28.000 (Indian Ocean) Indian Ocean
60°0′S 28°0′E / 60.000°S 28.000°E / -60.000; 28.000 (Southern Ocean) Southern Ocean
69°52′S 28°0′E / 69.867°S 28.000°E / -69.867; 28.000 (Antarctica) Antarktis Queen Maud Land, claimed by   Norwegen

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