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28th meridian west

Line of longitude

Line of longitude

The meridian 28° west of Greenwich is a line of longitude that extends from the North Pole across the Arctic Ocean, Greenland, the Atlantic Ocean, the Azores, the Southern Ocean, and Antarctica to the South Pole.

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

From Pole to Pole

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

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Moore Glacier (Northern Peary Land)
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Melville Land (Southern Peary Land)
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Mainland, the island of Milne Land and the mainland again
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Island of Graciosa, Azores
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| ! scope="row" | | Island of São Jorge, Azores |-valign="top" ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Atlantic Ocean Passing just east of Leskov Island, (at ) |- ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Southern Ocean |-valign="top" | ! scope="row" | Antarctica

Claimed by both (Argentine Antarctica) and (British Antarctic Territory); and the eastern limit of the proposed Brazilian Antarctica, claimed by
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References

References

  1. "What is longitude?".
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