55th meridian east
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55th meridian east (<maplink zoom="1" text="interactive map" class="no-icon">{ "type": "Feature", "properties": { "stroke": "#f00" }, "geometry": { "coordinates": [ [ 55, -90 ], [ 55, 90 ] ], "type": "LineString" } }</maplink>)
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The meridian 55° east of Greenwich is a line of longitude[1] 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 55th meridian east forms a great circle with the 125th meridian west.
From Pole to Pole
[edit | edit source]Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 55th meridian east passes through:
Co-ordinates Country, territory or sea Notes Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. Arctic Ocean Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia Salisbury Island and Luigi Island, Franz Josef Land Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. Barents Sea Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia Islands in Franz Josef Land Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. Barents Sea Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia Severny Island and Yuzhny Island, Novaya Zemlya Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. Barents Sea Pechora Sea Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia A small island Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. Barents Sea Pechora Bay Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. File:Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Kazakhstan Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. File:Flag of Turkmenistan.svg Turkmenistan Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. File:Flag of Iran.svg Iran Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. Persian Gulf Passing just west of the island of Abu Musa, File:Flag of Iran.svg Iran (claimed by File:Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg United Arab Emirates) Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. File:Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg United Arab Emirates Passing through Jebel Ali, Emirate of Dubai Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. File:Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Saudi Arabia Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. File:Flag of Oman.svg Oman Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. Indian Ocean Passing just west of Silhouette Island, File:Flag of Seychelles.svg Seychelles
Passing just west of the island of Réunion, File:Flag of France.svg FranceLua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. Southern Ocean Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. Antarctica Australian Antarctic Territory, claimed by File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia
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