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56th meridian east

Line of longitude

Line of longitude

The meridian 56° 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.

The westernmost part of the border between Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan is defined by the meridian.

The 56th meridian east forms a great circle with the 124th meridian west.

From Pole to Pole

Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 56th meridian east passes through:

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Islands of Jackson, Salisbury, Champ, Alger and MacKlintok, Franz Josef Land
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Severny Island and Yuzhny Island, Novaya Zemlya
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Yuzhny Island, Novaya Zemlya
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Passing through Ufa (at )

| ! scope="row" | | |-valign="top" | ! scope="row" | / border | |- | ! scope="row" | | |- | ! scope="row" | | |- ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Persian Gulf |- | ! scope="row" |

Island of Qeshm
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Passing through Ras al-Khaimah

| ! scope="row" | | Al Buraimi Governorate

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Emirate of Ajman

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Al Ain, Emirate of Abu Dhabi

| ! scope="row" | | |- ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Indian Ocean |- | ! scope="row" | | Island of Al-Hallaniyah |-valign="top" ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Indian Ocean Passing just west of the island of Coëtivy, Passing just east of the island of Réunion, |- ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Southern Ocean |- | ! scope="row" | Antarctica

Australian Antarctic Territory, claimed by
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References

References

  1. "What is longitude?".
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