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.
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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
Passing just east of Türkmenbaşy40°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 / 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 Australian Antarctic Territory, claimed by Australia
See also
- 52nd meridian east
- 54th meridian east