71st meridian east

The meridian 71° east of Greenwich is a line of longitude that extends from the North Pole across the Arctic Ocean, Asia, the Indian Ocean, the Southern Ocean, and Antarctica to the South Pole.

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71st meridian east

The 71st meridian east forms a great circle with the 109th meridian west.

From Pole to Pole

Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 71st meridian east passes through:

Co-ordinates Country, territory or sea Notes
90°0′N 71°0′E Arctic Ocean
81°5′N 71°0′E Kara Sea
73°29′N 71°0′E  Russia Bely Island
73°6′N 71°0′E Malygina Strait
72°53′N 71°0′E  Russia Yamal Peninsula
66°32′N 71°0′E Gulf of Ob
66°21′N 71°0′E  Russia
55°5′N 71°0′E  Kazakhstan
42°30′N 71°0′E  Kyrgyzstan
42°16′N 71°0′E  Uzbekistan
42°3′N 71°0′E  Kyrgyzstan
41°11′N 71°0′E  Uzbekistan Passing just east of Kokand
40°16′N 71°0′E  Kyrgyzstan
39°24′N 71°0′E  Tajikistan
38°28′N 71°0′E  Afghanistan
34°34′N 71°0′E  Pakistan Khyber Pakhtunkhwa - for about 9 km
34°29′N 71°0′E  Afghanistan
34°2′N 71°0′E  Pakistan Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Punjab
27°45′N 71°0′E  India Rajasthan
24°50′N 71°0′E  Pakistan Sindh
24°37′N 71°0′E  India Gujarat
24°27′N 71°0′E  Pakistan Sindh - for about 10 km
24°21′N 71°0′E  India Gujarat
Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu - for about 1 km
20°44′N 71°0′E Indian Ocean Passing just west of Danger Island,  British Indian Ocean Territory
Passing just east of Grande Terre,  French Southern and Antarctic Lands
60°0′S 71°0′E Southern Ocean
68°37′S 71°0′E Antarctica Australian Antarctic Territory, claimed by  Australia
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