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)   Norway 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)   Russia 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)   Belarus
53°5′N 32°0′E / 53.083°N 32.000°E / 53.083; 32.000 (Russia)   Russia 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)   Turkey 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)   Egypt
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)   Tanzania Passing through Lake Rukwa
9°4′S 32°0′E / 9.067°S 32.000°E / -9.067; 32.000 (Zambia)   Zambia
14°24′S 32°0′E / 14.400°S 32.000°E / -14.400; 32.000 (Mozambique)   Mozambique
16°26′S 32°0′E / 16.433°S 32.000°E / -16.433; 32.000 (Zimbabwe)   Zimbabwe
21°44′S 32°0′E / 21.733°S 32.000°E / -21.733; 32.000 (Mozambique)   Mozambique
24°22′S 32°0′E / 24.367°S 32.000°E / -24.367; 32.000 (South Africa)   South Africa Mpumalanga
25°25′S 32°0′E / 25.417°S 32.000°E / -25.417; 32.000 (Mozambique)   Mozambique For about 11km
25°31′S 32°0′E / 25.517°S 32.000°E / -25.517; 32.000 (South Africa)   South Africa Mpumalanga - for about 16km
25°40′S 32°0′E / 25.667°S 32.000°E / -25.667; 32.000 (Mozambique)   Mozambique
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)   South Africa 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) Antarctica Queen Maud Land, claimed by   Norway

See also

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References

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