53rd meridian east

The meridian 53° east of Greenwich is a line of longitude that extends from the North Pole across the Arctic Ocean, Europe, Asia, the Indian Ocean, the Southern Ocean, and Antarctica to the South Pole.

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53rd meridian east

The 53rd meridian east forms a great circle with the 127th meridian west.

From Pole to Pole

Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 53rd meridian east passes through:

Co-ordinates Country, territory or sea Notes
90°0′N 53°0′E Arctic Ocean
80°23′N 53°0′E  Russia Hooker Island, Franz Josef Land
80°8′N 53°0′E Barents Sea
72°53′N 53°0′E  Russia Yuzhny Island and Mezhdusharskiy Island, Novaya Zemlya
71°0′N 53°0′E Barents Sea Pechora Sea
68°47′N 53°0′E  Russia
51°29′N 53°0′E  Kazakhstan
42°7′N 53°0′E  Turkmenistan Passing through the Garabogazköl lake
Passing just east of Türkmenbaşy
40°0′N 53°0′E Caspian Sea Krasnovodsk Gulf
39°49′N 53°0′E  Turkmenistan An island
39°47′N 53°0′E Caspian Sea Passing just west of the island of Ogurja Ada,  Turkmenistan
36°47′N 53°0′E  Iran
27°7′N 53°0′E Persian Gulf
24°8′N 53°0′E  United Arab Emirates Emirate of Abu Dhabi
22°53′N 53°0′E  Saudi Arabia
19°20′N 53°0′E  Oman
16°53′N 53°0′E  Yemen
16°37′N 53°0′E Indian Ocean Gulf of Aden
12°10′N 53°0′E  Yemen Island of Samhah
12°9′N 53°0′E Indian Ocean Passing through the Amirante Islands,  Seychelles
60°0′S 53°0′E Southern Ocean
65°56′S 53°0′E Antarctica Australian Antarctic Territory, claimed by  Australia
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