57th meridian east

The meridian 57° 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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57th meridian east

The 57th meridian east forms a great circle with the 123rd meridian west.

From Pole to Pole

Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 57th meridian east passes through:

Co-ordinates Country, territory or sea Notes
90°0′N 57°0′E Arctic Ocean
81°32′N 57°0′E  Russia Islands of Karl-Alexander, Jackson, Payer, Ziegler, Salisbury, and MacKlintok, Franz Josef Land
80°3′N 57°0′E Barents Sea
75°22′N 57°0′E  Russia Severny Island, Novaya Zemlya
73°19′N 57°0′E Kara Sea
70°51′N 57°0′E  Russia Yuzhny Island, Novaya Zemlya
70°29′N 57°0′E Barents Sea Pechora Sea
68°32′N 57°0′E  Russia
51°3′N 57°0′E  Kazakhstan
45°14′N 57°0′E  Uzbekistan
41°54′N 57°0′E  Turkmenistan
41°36′N 57°0′E  Uzbekistan
41°15′N 57°0′E  Turkmenistan
38°10′N 57°0′E  Iran
26°50′N 57°0′E Gulf of Oman
24°4′N 57°0′E  Oman
18°50′N 57°0′E Indian Ocean Passing just east of the Agalega Islands,  Mauritius
Passing just west of the island of  Mauritius
60°0′S 57°0′E Southern Ocean
66°27′S 57°0′E Antarctica Australian Antarctic Territory, claimed by  Australia
66°42′S 57°0′E Southern Ocean
66°59′S 57°0′E Antarctica Australian Antarctic Territory, claimed by  Australia
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