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58th meridian east

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58th meridian east

The meridian 58° 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 58th meridian east forms a great circle with the 122nd meridian west.

From Pole to Pole

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Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 58th meridian east passes through:

Co-ordinates Country, territory or sea Notes
90°0′N 58°0′E / 90.000°N 58.000°E / 90.000; 58.000 (Arctic Ocean) Arctic Ocean
81°49′N 58°0′E / 81.817°N 58.000°E / 81.817; 58.000 (Russia)  Russia Islands of Rudolf, Karl-Alexander, Payer, Greely, Ziegler, Wiener Neustadt, Heiss and Hall, Franz Josef Land
80°5′N 58°0′E / 80.083°N 58.000°E / 80.083; 58.000 (Barents Sea) Barents Sea
75°39′N 58°0′E / 75.650°N 58.000°E / 75.650; 58.000 (Russia)  Russia Severny Island, Novaya Zemlya
73°59′N 58°0′E / 73.983°N 58.000°E / 73.983; 58.000 (Kara Sea) Kara Sea
70°30′N 58°0′E / 70.500°N 58.000°E / 70.500; 58.000 (Barents Sea) Barents Sea Pechora Sea
68°49′N 58°0′E / 68.817°N 58.000°E / 68.817; 58.000 (Russia)  Russia
51°5′N 58°0′E / 51.083°N 58.000°E / 51.083; 58.000 (Kazakhstan)  Kazakhstan
45°27′N 58°0′E / 45.450°N 58.000°E / 45.450; 58.000 (Uzbekistan)  Uzbekistan
42°29′N 58°0′E / 42.483°N 58.000°E / 42.483; 58.000 (Turkmenistan)  Turkmenistan
37°49′N 58°0′E / 37.817°N 58.000°E / 37.817; 58.000 (Iran)  Iran
25°38′N 58°0′E / 25.633°N 58.000°E / 25.633; 58.000 (Gulf of Oman) Gulf of Oman
23°42′N 58°0′E / 23.700°N 58.000°E / 23.700; 58.000 (Oman)  Oman
20°26′N 58°0′E / 20.433°N 58.000°E / 20.433; 58.000 (Indian Ocean) Indian Ocean Passing just east of the island of  Mauritius
60°0′S 58°0′E / 60.000°S 58.000°E / -60.000; 58.000 (Indian Ocean) Southern Ocean
67°6′S 58°0′E / 67.100°S 58.000°E / -67.100; 58.000 (Antarctica) Antarctica Australian Antarctic Territory, claimed by  Australia

See also

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