53rd meridian east

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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
.

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 / 90.000°N 53.000°E / 90.000; 53.000 (Arctic Ocean) Arctic Ocean
80°23′N 53°0′E / 80.383°N 53.000°E / 80.383; 53.000 (Russia)  Russia Hooker Island, Franz Josef Land
80°8′N 53°0′E / 80.133°N 53.000°E / 80.133; 53.000 (Barents Sea) Barents Sea
72°53′N 53°0′E / 72.883°N 53.000°E / 72.883; 53.000 (Russia)  Russia
Mezhdusharskiy Island, Novaya Zemlya
71°0′N 53°0′E / 71.000°N 53.000°E / 71.000; 53.000 (Barents Sea) Barents Sea Pechora Sea
68°47′N 53°0′E / 68.783°N 53.000°E / 68.783; 53.000 (Russia)  Russia
51°29′N 53°0′E / 51.483°N 53.000°E / 51.483; 53.000 (Kazakhstan)  Kazakhstan
42°7′N 53°0′E / 42.117°N 53.000°E / 42.117; 53.000 (Turkmenistan)  Turkmenistan Passing through the Garabogazköl lake
Passing just east of Türkmenbaşy
40°0′N 53°0′E / 40.000°N 53.000°E / 40.000; 53.000 (Caspian Sea) Caspian Sea
Krasnovodsk Gulf
39°49′N 53°0′E / 39.817°N 53.000°E / 39.817; 53.000 (Turkmenistan)  Turkmenistan An island
39°47′N 53°0′E / 39.783°N 53.000°E / 39.783; 53.000 (Caspian Sea) Caspian Sea Passing just west of the island of Ogurja Ada,  Turkmenistan
36°47′N 53°0′E / 36.783°N 53.000°E / 36.783; 53.000 (Iran)  Iran
27°7′N 53°0′E / 27.117°N 53.000°E / 27.117; 53.000 (Persian Gulf) Persian Gulf
24°8′N 53°0′E / 24.133°N 53.000°E / 24.133; 53.000 (United Arab Emirates)  United Arab Emirates Emirate of
Abu Dhabi
22°53′N 53°0′E / 22.883°N 53.000°E / 22.883; 53.000 (Saudi Arabia)  Saudi Arabia
19°20′N 53°0′E / 19.333°N 53.000°E / 19.333; 53.000 (Oman)  Oman
16°53′N 53°0′E / 16.883°N 53.000°E / 16.883; 53.000 (Yemen)  Yemen
16°37′N 53°0′E / 16.617°N 53.000°E / 16.617; 53.000 (Indian Ocean) Indian Ocean Gulf of Aden
12°10′N 53°0′E / 12.167°N 53.000°E / 12.167; 53.000 (Yemen)  Yemen Island of Samhah
12°9′N 53°0′E / 12.150°N 53.000°E / 12.150; 53.000 (Indian Ocean) Indian Ocean Passing through the Amirante Islands,  Seychelles
60°0′S 53°0′E / 60.000°S 53.000°E / -60.000; 53.000 (Southern Ocean) Southern Ocean
65°56′S 53°0′E / 65.933°S 53.000°E / -65.933; 53.000 (Antarctica) Antarctica
claimed by  Australia

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