title: 56th meridian east
text: # 56th meridian east
  
  The meridian 56° 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 westernmost part of the border between Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan is defined by the meridian.
  
  The 56th meridian east forms a great circle with the 124th meridian west.
  
  ## From Pole to Pole
  
  Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 56th meridian east passes through:
  
      Co-ordinates Country, territory or sea Notes 90°0′N 56°0′E﻿ / ﻿90.000°N 56.000°E﻿ / 90.000; 56.000﻿ (Arctic Ocean) Arctic Ocean 81°18′N 56°0′E﻿ / ﻿81.300°N 56.000°E﻿ / 81.300; 56.000﻿ (Russia)  Russia Islands of Jackson, Salisbury, Champ, Alger and MacKlintok, Franz Josef Land 80°4′N 56°0′E﻿ / ﻿80.067°N 56.000°E﻿ / 80.067; 56.000﻿ (Barents Sea) Barents Sea 75°11′N 56°0′E﻿ / ﻿75.183°N 56.000°E﻿ / 75.183; 56.000﻿ (Russia)  Russia Severny Island and Yuzhny Island, Novaya Zemlya 72°46′N 56°0′E﻿ / ﻿72.767°N 56.000°E﻿ / 72.767; 56.000﻿ (Kara Sea) Kara Sea 71°21′N 56°0′E﻿ / ﻿71.350°N 56.000°E﻿ / 71.350; 56.000﻿ (Russia)  Russia Yuzhny Island, Novaya Zemlya 70°34′N 56°0′E﻿ / ﻿70.567°N 56.000°E﻿ / 70.567; 56.000﻿ (Barents Sea) Barents Sea Pechora Sea 68°38′N 56°0′E﻿ / ﻿68.633°N 56.000°E﻿ / 68.633; 56.000﻿ (Russia)  Russia Passing through Ufa (at 54°44′N 56°0′E﻿ / ﻿54.733°N 56.000°E﻿ / 54.733; 56.000﻿ (Ufa)) 50°42′N 56°0′E﻿ / ﻿50.700°N 56.000°E﻿ / 50.700; 56.000﻿ (Kazakhstan)  Kazakhstan 45°0′N 56°0′E﻿ / ﻿45.000°N 56.000°E﻿ / 45.000; 56.000﻿ (Kazakhstan / Uzbekistan border)  Kazakhstan / Uzbekistan border 41°19′N 56°0′E﻿ / ﻿41.317°N 56.000°E﻿ / 41.317; 56.000﻿ (Turkmenistan)  Turkmenistan 38°4′N 56°0′E﻿ / ﻿38.067°N 56.000°E﻿ / 38.067; 56.000﻿ (Iran)  Iran 27°5′N 56°0′E﻿ / ﻿27.083°N 56.000°E﻿ / 27.083; 56.000﻿ (Persian Gulf) Persian Gulf Clarence Strait 26°57′N 56°0′E﻿ / ﻿26.950°N 56.000°E﻿ / 26.950; 56.000﻿ (Iran)  Iran Island of Qeshm 26°45′N 56°0′E﻿ / ﻿26.750°N 56.000°E﻿ / 26.750; 56.000﻿ (Persian Gulf) Persian Gulf Strait of Hormuz 25°52′N 56°0′E﻿ / ﻿25.867°N 56.000°E﻿ / 25.867; 56.000﻿ (United Arab Emirates)  United Arab Emirates Passing through Ras al-Khaimah 24°58′N 56°0′E﻿ / ﻿24.967°N 56.000°E﻿ / 24.967; 56.000﻿ (Oman)  Oman For about 9 km 24°53′N 56°0′E﻿ / ﻿24.883°N 56.000°E﻿ / 24.883; 56.000﻿ (United Arab Emirates)  United Arab Emirates For about 4 km 24°51′N 56°0′E﻿ / ﻿24.850°N 56.000°E﻿ / 24.850; 56.000﻿ (Oman)  Oman 24°7′N 56°0′E﻿ / ﻿24.117°N 56.000°E﻿ / 24.117; 56.000﻿ (United Arab Emirates)  United Arab Emirates For about 6 km 24°4′N 56°0′E﻿ / ﻿24.067°N 56.000°E﻿ / 24.067; 56.000﻿ (Oman)  Oman 17°55′N 56°0′E﻿ / ﻿17.917°N 56.000°E﻿ / 17.917; 56.000﻿ (Indian Ocean) Indian Ocean Khuriya Muriya Bay 17°31′N 56°0′E﻿ / ﻿17.517°N 56.000°E﻿ / 17.517; 56.000﻿ (Oman)  Oman Island of Al-Hallaniyah 17°29′N 56°0′E﻿ / ﻿17.483°N 56.000°E﻿ / 17.483; 56.000﻿ (Indian Ocean) Indian Ocean Passing just east of the islands of La Digue and Frégate, Seychelles Passing just west of the island of Coëtivy, Seychelles Passing just east of the island of Réunion, France 60°0′S 56°0′E﻿ / ﻿60.000°S 56.000°E﻿ / -60.000; 56.000﻿ (Southern Ocean) Southern Ocean 66°10′S 56°0′E﻿ / ﻿66.167°S 56.000°E﻿ / -66.167; 56.000﻿ (Antarctica) Antarctica Australian Antarctic Territory, claimed by Australia
  