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Line across the Earth
90°
90th meridian east

The meridian 90° 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 Ninety East Ridge is named after the meridian.

The 90th meridian east forms a great circle with the 90th meridian west.

From Pole to Pole

Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 90th meridian east passes through:

Co-ordinates Country, territory or sea Notes
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Arctic Ocean
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Kara Sea Passing just west of Schmidt Island,  Russia
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  Russia Kirov Islands
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Kara Sea
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  Russia
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  Mongolia Bayan-Ölgii Province
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  People's Republic of China Xinjiang
Qinghai
Tibet
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  Bhutan
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  India West Bengal
Assam
Meghalaya
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  Bangladesh
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Indian Ocean
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Southern Ocean
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Antarctica Australian Antarctic Territory, claimed by  Australia

See also

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