93rd meridian east

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93rd meridian east

The meridian 93° 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 93rd meridian east forms a great circle with the 87th meridian west.

From Pole to Pole

Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 93rd meridian east passes through:

Co-ordinates Country, territory or sea Notes
90°0′N 93°0′E / 90.000°N 93.000°E / 90.000; 93.000 (Arctic Ocean) Arctic Ocean
80°50′N 93°0′E / 80.833°N 93.000°E / 80.833; 93.000 (Russia)  Russia Komsomolets Island, Pioneer Island, October Revolution Island and the Sedov Archipelago, Severnaya Zemlya
79°24′N 93°0′E / 79.400°N 93.000°E / 79.400; 93.000 (Kara Sea) Kara Sea
76°3′N 93°0′E / 76.050°N 93.000°E / 76.050; 93.000 (Russia)  Russia
50°47′N 93°0′E / 50.783°N 93.000°E / 50.783; 93.000 (Mongolia)  Mongolia For about 11 km
50°41′N 93°0′E / 50.683°N 93.000°E / 50.683; 93.000 (Russia)  Russia For about 10 km
50°36′N 93°0′E / 50.600°N 93.000°E / 50.600; 93.000 (Mongolia)  Mongolia
45°1′N 93°0′E / 45.017°N 93.000°E / 45.017; 93.000 (China)  People's Republic of China Xinjiang
Gansu
Qinghai
Tibet
28°15′N 93°0′E / 28.250°N 93.000°E / 28.250; 93.000 (India)  India Arunachal Pradesh - claimed by  People's Republic of China
Assam
Mizoram
22°4′N 93°0′E / 22.067°N 93.000°E / 22.067; 93.000 (Myanmar)  Burma (Burma)
19°54′N 93°0′E / 19.900°N 93.000°E / 19.900; 93.000 (Indian Ocean) Indian Ocean Bay of Bengal
13°40′N 93°0′E / 13.667°N 93.000°E / 13.667; 93.000 (India)  India North Andaman Island and Ritchie's Archipelago, Andaman Islands
11°56′N 93°0′E / 11.933°N 93.000°E / 11.933; 93.000 (Indian Ocean) Indian Ocean Passing between the islands of Car Nicobar and Teressa, Nicobar Islands,  India
60°0′S 93°0′E / 60.000°S 93.000°E / -60.000; 93.000 (Southern Ocean) Southern Ocean Passing just east of Drygalski Island, claimed by  Australia
66°33′S 93°0′E / 66.550°S 93.000°E / -66.550; 93.000 (Antarctica) Antarctica Australian Antarctic Territory, claimed by  Australia

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