71st meridian east

The meridian 71° 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.

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71st meridian east

The 71st meridian east forms a great circle with the 109th meridian west.

From Pole to Pole

Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 71st meridian east passes through:

Co-ordinates	Country, territory or sea	Notes
90°0′N 71°0′E	Arctic Ocean
81°5′N 71°0′E	Kara Sea
73°29′N 71°0′E	Russia	Bely Island
73°6′N 71°0′E	Malygina Strait
72°53′N 71°0′E	Russia	Yamal Peninsula
66°32′N 71°0′E	Gulf of Ob
66°21′N 71°0′E	Russia
55°5′N 71°0′E	Kazakhstan
42°30′N 71°0′E	Kyrgyzstan
42°16′N 71°0′E	Uzbekistan
42°3′N 71°0′E	Kyrgyzstan
41°11′N 71°0′E	Uzbekistan	Passing just east of Kokand
40°16′N 71°0′E	Kyrgyzstan
39°24′N 71°0′E	Tajikistan
38°28′N 71°0′E	Afghanistan
34°34′N 71°0′E	Pakistan	Khyber Pakhtunkhwa - for about 9 km
34°29′N 71°0′E	Afghanistan
34°2′N 71°0′E	Pakistan	Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Punjab
27°45′N 71°0′E	India	Rajasthan
24°50′N 71°0′E	Pakistan	Sindh
24°37′N 71°0′E	India	Gujarat
24°27′N 71°0′E	Pakistan	Sindh - for about 10 km
24°21′N 71°0′E	India	Gujarat Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu - for about 1 km
20°44′N 71°0′E	Indian Ocean	Passing just west of Danger Island, British Indian Ocean Territory Passing just east of Grande Terre, French Southern and Antarctic Lands
60°0′S 71°0′E	Southern Ocean
68°37′S 71°0′E	Antarctica	Australian Antarctic Territory, claimed by Australia

See also

• 70th meridian east
• 72nd meridian east