81st meridian east

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81st meridian east

The meridian 81° 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
.

The 81st meridian east forms a great circle with the 99th meridian west.

From Pole to Pole

Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 81st meridian east passes through:

Co-ordinates Country, territory or sea Notes
90°0′N 81°0′E / 90.000°N 81.000°E / 90.000; 81.000 (Arctic Ocean) Arctic Ocean
81°7′N 81°0′E / 81.117°N 81.000°E / 81.117; 81.000 (Kara Sea) Kara Sea
73°34′N 81°0′E / 73.567°N 81.000°E / 73.567; 81.000 (Russia)  Russia Krasnoyarsk Krai
72°24′N 81°0′E / 72.400°N 81.000°E / 72.400; 81.000 (Yenisei Gulf)
Yenisei Gulf
71°56′N 81°0′E / 71.933°N 81.000°E / 71.933; 81.000 (Russia)  Russia Krasnoyarsk Krai
Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug — from 69°12′N 81°0′E / 69.200°N 81.000°E / 69.200; 81.000 (Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug)
Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug — from 63°9′N 81°0′E / 63.150°N 81.000°E / 63.150; 81.000 (Khanti-Mansi Autonomous Okrug)
Tomsk Oblast — from 60°46′N 81°0′E / 60.767°N 81.000°E / 60.767; 81.000 (Tomsk Oblast)
Novosibirsk Oblast — from 56°31′N 81°0′E / 56.517°N 81.000°E / 56.517; 81.000 (Novosibirsk Oblast)
Altai Krai — from 54°17′N 81°0′E / 54.283°N 81.000°E / 54.283; 81.000 (Altai Krai)
51°12′N 81°0′E / 51.200°N 81.000°E / 51.200; 81.000 (Kazakhstan)  Kazakhstan East Kazakhstan, Almaty Region
45°10′N 81°0′E / 45.167°N 81.000°E / 45.167; 81.000 (China)  People's Republic of China Xinjiang
Tibet — from 35°19′N 81°0′E / 35.317°N 81.000°E / 35.317; 81.000 (Tibet)
30°16′N 81°0′E / 30.267°N 81.000°E / 30.267; 81.000 (India)  India Uttarakhand — for about 7 km
30°12′N 81°0′E / 30.200°N 81.000°E / 30.200; 81.000 (Nepal)  Nepal Sudurpashchim Pradesh
28°27′N 81°0′E / 28.450°N 81.000°E / 28.450; 81.000 (India)  India Uttar Pradesh, passing just east of Lucknow at 26°51′N 80°57′E / 26.850°N 80.950°E / 26.850; 80.950 (Lucknow)
Madhya Pradesh — from 24°56′N 81°0′E / 24.933°N 81.000°E / 24.933; 81.000 (Madhya Pradesh)
Chhattisgarh — from 22°7′N 81°0′E / 22.117°N 81.000°E / 22.117; 81.000 (Chhattisharh)
Telangana — from 17°53′N 81°0′E / 17.883°N 81.000°E / 17.883; 81.000 (Telangana)
Andhra Pradesh — from 17°11′N 81°0′E / 17.183°N 81.000°E / 17.183; 81.000 (Adhra Pradesh)
15°44′N 81°0′E / 15.733°N 81.000°E / 15.733; 81.000 (Indian Ocean) Indian Ocean Bay of Bengal
8°56′N 81°0′E / 8.933°N 81.000°E / 8.933; 81.000 (Sri Lanka)  Sri Lanka Eastern Province, North Central Province, Uva, Southern Province
6°6′N 81°0′E / 6.100°N 81.000°E / 6.100; 81.000 (Indian Ocean) Indian Ocean
60°0′S 81°0′E / 60.000°S 81.000°E / -60.000; 81.000 (Southern Ocean) Southern Ocean
67°52′S 81°0′E / 67.867°S 81.000°E / -67.867; 81.000 (Antarctica) Antarctica
claimed by  Australia

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