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Line of longitude

The meridian 15° east of Greenwich is a line of longitude that extends from the North Pole across the Arctic Ocean, Europe, Africa, the Atlantic Ocean, the Southern Ocean, and Antarctica to the South Pole.

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The 15th meridian east forms a great circle with the 165th meridian west.

The meridian is the central axis of time zones with the UTC+01:00 offset, including Central European Time and West Africa Time.

From Pole to Pole

Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 15th meridian east passes through:

Co-ordinates	Country, territory or sea	Notes
90°0′N 15°0′E / 90.000°N 15.000°E / 90.000; 15.000 (Arctic Ocean)	Arctic Ocean
79°42′N 15°0′E / 79.700°N 15.000°E / 79.700; 15.000 (Norway)	Norway	Island of Spitsbergen, Svalbard
79°8′N 15°0′E / 79.133°N 15.000°E / 79.133; 15.000 (Atlantic Ocean)	Atlantic Ocean	Greenland Sea Norwegian Sea
68°51′N 15°0′E / 68.850°N 15.000°E / 68.850; 15.000 (Norway)	Norway	Islands of Langøya, Austvågøy and Hinnøya
68°16′N 15°0′E / 68.267°N 15.000°E / 68.267; 15.000 (Vestfjord)	Vestfjorden
67°59′N 15°0′E / 67.983°N 15.000°E / 67.983; 15.000 (Norway)	Norway	Island of Engeløya and the mainland
66°9′N 15°0′E / 66.150°N 15.000°E / 66.150; 15.000 (Sweden)	Sweden	for about 1111 km
56°9′N 15°0′E / 56.150°N 15.000°E / 56.150; 15.000 (Baltic Sea)	Baltic Sea
55°11′N 15°0′E / 55.183°N 15.000°E / 55.183; 15.000 (Denmark)	Denmark	Island of Bornholm, for about 21 km. There is a small memorial at 55°N 15°E / 55°N 15°E / 55; 15
55°0′N 15°0′E / 55.000°N 15.000°E / 55.000; 15.000 (Baltic Sea)	Baltic Sea
54°5′N 15°0′E / 54.083°N 15.000°E / 54.083; 15.000 (Poland)	Poland
51°19.2′N 15°0′E / 51.3200°N 15.000°E / 51.3200; 15.000 (Germany)	Germany	For about 17 km between Rothenburg and Görlitz.
51°9.9′N 15°0′E / 51.1650°N 15.000°E / 51.1650; 15.000 (Poland)	Poland	For 1500 m in Zgorzelec.
51°9.1′N 15°0′E / 51.1517°N 15.000°E / 51.1517; 15.000 (Germany)	Germany	For 300 m in Görlitz.
51°8.9′N 15°0′E / 51.1483°N 15.000°E / 51.1483; 15.000 (Poland)	Poland
51°0.65′N 15°0′E / 51.01083°N 15.000°E / 51.01083; 15.000 (Czech Republic)	Czech Republic	For about 3 km
50°59′N 15°0′E / 50.983°N 15.000°E / 50.983; 15.000 (Poland)	Poland	For about 6 km
50°56′N 15°0′E / 50.933°N 15.000°E / 50.933; 15.000 (Czech Republic)	Czech Republic	A mark in the pavement is found in Jindřichův Hradec, but the precise place is 100m to the West.
49°0.8′N 15°0′E / 49.0133°N 15.000°E / 49.0133; 15.000 (Austria)	Austria
49°0.25′N 15°0′E / 49.00417°N 15.000°E / 49.00417; 15.000 (Czech Republic)	Czech Republic
49°0.038′N 15°0′E / 49.000633°N 15.000°E / 49.000633; 15.000 (Austria)	Austria
46°37′N 15°0′E / 46.617°N 15.000°E / 46.617; 15.000 (Slovenia)	Slovenia	Almost corresponds to the middle line of the country in the direction west-east. A memorial has been set up in the village of Vrhtrebnje.
45°30′N 15°0′E / 45.500°N 15.000°E / 45.500; 15.000 (Croatia)	Croatia	Mainland, and the islands of Pag, Sestrunj and Dugi otok
44°2′N 15°0′E / 44.033°N 15.000°E / 44.033; 15.000 (Mediterranean Sea)	Mediterranean Sea	Adriatic Sea
42°0′N 15°0′E / 42.000°N 15.000°E / 42.000; 15.000 (Italy)	Italy	On the beach of Termoli; a 7-metre monument marks the 42°N 15°E / 42°N 15°E / 42; 15 point
40°12′N 15°0′E / 40.200°N 15.000°E / 40.200; 15.000 (Mediterranean Sea)	Mediterranean Sea	Tyrrhenian Sea
38°23′N 15°0′E / 38.383°N 15.000°E / 38.383; 15.000 (Italy)	Italy	Island of Vulcano
38°22′N 15°0′E / 38.367°N 15.000°E / 38.367; 15.000 (Mediterranean Sea)	Mediterranean Sea	Tyrrhenian Sea
38°9′N 15°0′E / 38.150°N 15.000°E / 38.150; 15.000 (Italy)	Italy	Island of Sicily, across the Etna volcano
36°42′N 15°0′E / 36.700°N 15.000°E / 36.700; 15.000 (Mediterranean Sea)	Mediterranean Sea
32°25′N 15°0′E / 32.417°N 15.000°E / 32.417; 15.000 (Libya)	Libya
23°0′N 15°0′E / 23.000°N 15.000°E / 23.000; 15.000 (Chad)	Chad	For about 1 km - the meridian just passes through the country's most north-westerly point
22°59′N 15°0′E / 22.983°N 15.000°E / 22.983; 15.000 (Niger)	Niger
16°22′N 15°0′E / 16.367°N 15.000°E / 16.367; 15.000 (Chad)	Chad	Passing through Lake Chad Passing just west of N'Djamena
12°7′N 15°0′E / 12.117°N 15.000°E / 12.117; 15.000 (Cameroon)	Cameroon
10°0′N 15°0′E / 10.000°N 15.000°E / 10.000; 15.000 (Chad)	Chad
8°41′N 15°0′E / 8.683°N 15.000°E / 8.683; 15.000 (Cameroon)	Cameroon
6°45′N 15°0′E / 6.750°N 15.000°E / 6.750; 15.000 (Central African Republic)	Central African Republic
4°25′N 15°0′E / 4.417°N 15.000°E / 4.417; 15.000 (Cameroon)	Cameroon
2°1′N 15°0′E / 2.017°N 15.000°E / 2.017; 15.000 (Republic of the Congo)	Republic of the Congo
4°35′S 15°0′E / 4.583°S 15.000°E / -4.583; 15.000 (Democratic Republic of the Congo)	Democratic Republic of the Congo
5°52′S 15°0′E / 5.867°S 15.000°E / -5.867; 15.000 (Angola)	Angola
17°23′S 15°0′E / 17.383°S 15.000°E / -17.383; 15.000 (Namibia)	Namibia
23°21′S 15°0′E / 23.350°S 15.000°E / -23.350; 15.000 (Atlantic Ocean)	Atlantic Ocean
60°0′S 15°0′E / 60.000°S 15.000°E / -60.000; 15.000 (Southern Ocean)	Southern Ocean
69°15′S 15°0′E / 69.250°S 15.000°E / -69.250; 15.000 (Antarctica)	Antarctica	Queen Maud Land, claimed by Norway

References

"Stargard Szczecinski". StayPoland.com. Archived from the original on 2010-02-21. Retrieved 2009-08-31.
Jenko, Marjan (2005). "O pomenu meridiana 15° vzhodno od Greenwicha" [About the Significance of the 15th Degree to the East of Greenwich Meridian] (PDF). Geodetski Vestnik (in Slovenian). Vol. 49, no. 4. pp. 637–638. Retrieved 5 January 2010.
"| Non dite l'ora 'esatta' se non siete a Termoli. Per l'Italia e tutta l'Europa centrale!Moliseinvita". moliseinvita.it (in Italian). 2015-09-23. Retrieved 2017-12-29.

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