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

See also

• 52nd meridian east
• 54th meridian east