The meridian 32° east of Greenwich is a line of longitude that extends from the North Pole across the Arctic Ocean, Europe, Turkey, Africa, the Indian Ocean, the Southern Ocean, and Antarctica to the South Pole.

Line across the Earth
32°
32nd meridian east

The 32nd meridian east forms a great circle with the 148th meridian west.

From Pole to Pole

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Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 32nd meridian east passes through:

Co-ordinates Country, territory or sea Notes
90°0′N 32°0′E / 90.000°N 32.000°E / 90.000; 32.000 (Arctic Ocean) Arctic Ocean
80°14′N 32°0′E / 80.233°N 32.000°E / 80.233; 32.000 (Norway)   Norwegen Island of Kvitøya, Svalbard
80°4′N 32°0′E / 80.067°N 32.000°E / 80.067; 32.000 (Barents Sea) Barents Sea
69°56′N 32°0′E / 69.933°N 32.000°E / 69.933; 32.000 (Russia)   Russland Murmansk Oblast, Republic of Karelia

Passing through Lake Ladoga

Leningrad Oblast

Novgorod Oblast

Tver Oblast

Smolensk Oblast

53°48′N 32°0′E / 53.800°N 32.000°E / 53.800; 32.000 (Belarus)   Weißrussland
53°5′N 32°0′E / 53.083°N 32.000°E / 53.083; 32.000 (Russia)   Russland Bryansk Oblast
52°1′N 32°0′E / 52.017°N 32.000°E / 52.017; 32.000 (Ukraine)   Ukraine
46°11′N 32°0′E / 46.183°N 32.000°E / 46.183; 32.000 (Black Sea) Black Sea
41°33′N 32°0′E / 41.550°N 32.000°E / 41.550; 32.000 (Turkey)   Türkei For 558 km.
36°22′N 32°0′E / 36.367°N 32.000°E / 36.367; 32.000 (Mediterranean Sea) Mediterranean Sea
31°25′N 32°0′E / 31.417°N 32.000°E / 31.417; 32.000 (Egypt)   Ägypten
22°0′N 32°0′E / 22.000°N 32.000°E / 22.000; 32.000 (Sudan)   Sudan
10°39′N 32°0′E / 10.650°N 32.000°E / 10.650; 32.000 (South Sudan)   South Sudan
3°35′N 32°0′E / 3.583°N 32.000°E / 3.583; 32.000 (Uganda)   Uganda
0°5′S 32°0′E / 0.083°S 32.000°E / -0.083; 32.000 (Lake Victoria) Lake Victoria
0°15′S 32°0′E / 0.250°S 32.000°E / -0.250; 32.000 (Uganda)   Uganda
0°18′S 32°0′E / 0.300°S 32.000°E / -0.300; 32.000 (Lake Victoria) Lake Victoria
2°15′S 32°0′E / 2.250°S 32.000°E / -2.250; 32.000 (Tanzania)   Tansania Passing through Lake Rukwa
9°4′S 32°0′E / 9.067°S 32.000°E / -9.067; 32.000 (Zambia)   Sambia
14°24′S 32°0′E / 14.400°S 32.000°E / -14.400; 32.000 (Mozambique)   Mosambik
16°26′S 32°0′E / 16.433°S 32.000°E / -16.433; 32.000 (Zimbabwe)   Simbabwe
21°44′S 32°0′E / 21.733°S 32.000°E / -21.733; 32.000 (Mozambique)   Mosambik
24°22′S 32°0′E / 24.367°S 32.000°E / -24.367; 32.000 (South Africa)   Südafrika Mpumalanga
25°25′S 32°0′E / 25.417°S 32.000°E / -25.417; 32.000 (Mozambique)   Mosambik For about 11km
25°31′S 32°0′E / 25.517°S 32.000°E / -25.517; 32.000 (South Africa)   Südafrika Mpumalanga - for about 16km
25°40′S 32°0′E / 25.667°S 32.000°E / -25.667; 32.000 (Mozambique)   Mosambik
25°59′S 32°0′E / 25.983°S 32.000°E / -25.983; 32.000 (Swaziland)   Eswatini
26°54′S 32°0′E / 26.900°S 32.000°E / -26.900; 32.000 (South Africa)   Südafrika KwaZulu-Natal
28°53′S 32°0′E / 28.883°S 32.000°E / -28.883; 32.000 (Indian Ocean) Indian Ocean
60°0′S 32°0′E / 60.000°S 32.000°E / -60.000; 32.000 (Southern Ocean) Southern Ocean
69°4′S 32°0′E / 69.067°S 32.000°E / -69.067; 32.000 (Antarctica) Antarktis Queen Maud Land, claimed by   Norwegen

See also

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