15th meridian east
The meridian 15° east of Greenwich is a line of longitude[1] 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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15th meridian east
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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[2] 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:
References
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- ^ 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.
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