title: 57th meridian east
text: # 57th meridian east
  
  The meridian 57° 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 57th meridian east forms a great circle with the 123rd meridian west.
  
  ## From Pole to Pole
  
  Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 57th meridian east passes through:
  
      Co-ordinates Country, territory or sea Notes 90°0′N 57°0′E﻿ / ﻿90.000°N 57.000°E﻿ / 90.000; 57.000﻿ (Arctic Ocean) Arctic Ocean 81°32′N 57°0′E﻿ / ﻿81.533°N 57.000°E﻿ / 81.533; 57.000﻿ (Russia)  Russia Islands of Karl-Alexander, Jackson, Payer, Ziegler, Salisbury, and MacKlintok, Franz Josef Land 80°3′N 57°0′E﻿ / ﻿80.050°N 57.000°E﻿ / 80.050; 57.000﻿ (Barents Sea) Barents Sea 75°22′N 57°0′E﻿ / ﻿75.367°N 57.000°E﻿ / 75.367; 57.000﻿ (Russia)  Russia Severny Island, Novaya Zemlya 73°19′N 57°0′E﻿ / ﻿73.317°N 57.000°E﻿ / 73.317; 57.000﻿ (Kara Sea) Kara Sea 70°51′N 57°0′E﻿ / ﻿70.850°N 57.000°E﻿ / 70.850; 57.000﻿ (Russia)  Russia Yuzhny Island, Novaya Zemlya 70°29′N 57°0′E﻿ / ﻿70.483°N 57.000°E﻿ / 70.483; 57.000﻿ (Barents Sea) Barents Sea Pechora Sea 68°32′N 57°0′E﻿ / ﻿68.533°N 57.000°E﻿ / 68.533; 57.000﻿ (Russia)  Russia 51°3′N 57°0′E﻿ / ﻿51.050°N 57.000°E﻿ / 51.050; 57.000﻿ (Kazakhstan)  Kazakhstan 45°14′N 57°0′E﻿ / ﻿45.233°N 57.000°E﻿ / 45.233; 57.000﻿ (Uzbekistan)  Uzbekistan 41°54′N 57°0′E﻿ / ﻿41.900°N 57.000°E﻿ / 41.900; 57.000﻿ (Turkmenistan)  Turkmenistan 41°36′N 57°0′E﻿ / ﻿41.600°N 57.000°E﻿ / 41.600; 57.000﻿ (Uzbekistan)  Uzbekistan 41°15′N 57°0′E﻿ / ﻿41.250°N 57.000°E﻿ / 41.250; 57.000﻿ (Turkmenistan)  Turkmenistan 38°10′N 57°0′E﻿ / ﻿38.167°N 57.000°E﻿ / 38.167; 57.000﻿ (Iran)  Iran 26°50′N 57°0′E﻿ / ﻿26.833°N 57.000°E﻿ / 26.833; 57.000﻿ (Gulf of Oman) Gulf of Oman 24°4′N 57°0′E﻿ / ﻿24.067°N 57.000°E﻿ / 24.067; 57.000﻿ (Oman)  Oman 18°50′N 57°0′E﻿ / ﻿18.833°N 57.000°E﻿ / 18.833; 57.000﻿ (Indian Ocean) Indian Ocean Passing just east of the Agalega Islands, Mauritius Passing just west of the island of Mauritius 60°0′S 57°0′E﻿ / ﻿60.000°S 57.000°E﻿ / -60.000; 57.000﻿ (Southern Ocean) Southern Ocean 66°27′S 57°0′E﻿ / ﻿66.450°S 57.000°E﻿ / -66.450; 57.000﻿ (Antarctica) Antarctica Australian Antarctic Territory, claimed by Australia 66°42′S 57°0′E﻿ / ﻿66.700°S 57.000°E﻿ / -66.700; 57.000﻿ (Southern Ocean) Southern Ocean 66°59′S 57°0′E﻿ / ﻿66.983°S 57.000°E﻿ / -66.983; 57.000﻿ (Antarctica) Antarctica Australian Antarctic Territory, claimed by Australia
  