81st meridian east

The meridian 81° 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.

Line across the Earth
81°
81st meridian east

The 81st meridian east forms a great circle with the 99th meridian west.

From Pole to Pole

Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 81st meridian east passes through:

Co-ordinatesCountry, territory or seaNotes
90°0′N 81°0′E / 90.000°N 81.000°E / 90.000; 81.000 (Arctic Ocean)Arctic Ocean
81°7′N 81°0′E / 81.117°N 81.000°E / 81.117; 81.000 (Kara Sea)Kara Sea
73°34′N 81°0′E / 73.567°N 81.000°E / 73.567; 81.000 (Russia)  RussiaKrasnoyarsk Krai
72°24′N 81°0′E / 72.400°N 81.000°E / 72.400; 81.000 (Yenisei Gulf)Yenisei Gulf
71°56′N 81°0′E / 71.933°N 81.000°E / 71.933; 81.000 (Russia)  RussiaKrasnoyarsk Krai
Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug — from 69°12′N 81°0′E / 69.200°N 81.000°E / 69.200; 81.000 (Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug)
Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug — from 63°9′N 81°0′E / 63.150°N 81.000°E / 63.150; 81.000 (Khanti-Mansi Autonomous Okrug)
Tomsk Oblast — from 60°46′N 81°0′E / 60.767°N 81.000°E / 60.767; 81.000 (Tomsk Oblast)
Novosibirsk Oblast — from 56°31′N 81°0′E / 56.517°N 81.000°E / 56.517; 81.000 (Novosibirsk Oblast)
Altai Krai — from 54°17′N 81°0′E / 54.283°N 81.000°E / 54.283; 81.000 (Altai Krai)
51°12′N 81°0′E / 51.200°N 81.000°E / 51.200; 81.000 (Kazakhstan)  KazakhstanEast Kazakhstan, Almaty Region
45°10′N 81°0′E / 45.167°N 81.000°E / 45.167; 81.000 (China)  People's Republic of ChinaXinjiang
Tibet — from 35°19′N 81°0′E / 35.317°N 81.000°E / 35.317; 81.000 (Tibet)
30°16′N 81°0′E / 30.267°N 81.000°E / 30.267; 81.000 (India)  IndiaUttarakhand — for about 7 km
30°12′N 81°0′E / 30.200°N 81.000°E / 30.200; 81.000 (Nepal)  NepalSudurpashchim Pradesh
28°27′N 81°0′E / 28.450°N 81.000°E / 28.450; 81.000 (India)  IndiaUttar Pradesh, passing just east of Lucknow at 26°51′N 80°57′E / 26.850°N 80.950°E / 26.850; 80.950 (Lucknow)
Madhya Pradesh — from 24°56′N 81°0′E / 24.933°N 81.000°E / 24.933; 81.000 (Madhya Pradesh)
Chhattisgarh — from 22°7′N 81°0′E / 22.117°N 81.000°E / 22.117; 81.000 (Chhattisharh)
Telangana — from 17°53′N 81°0′E / 17.883°N 81.000°E / 17.883; 81.000 (Telangana)
Andhra Pradesh — from 17°11′N 81°0′E / 17.183°N 81.000°E / 17.183; 81.000 (Adhra Pradesh)
15°44′N 81°0′E / 15.733°N 81.000°E / 15.733; 81.000 (Indian Ocean)Indian OceanBay of Bengal
8°56′N 81°0′E / 8.933°N 81.000°E / 8.933; 81.000 (Sri Lanka)  Sri LankaEastern Province, North Central Province, Uva, Southern Province
6°6′N 81°0′E / 6.100°N 81.000°E / 6.100; 81.000 (Indian Ocean)Indian Ocean
60°0′S 81°0′E / 60.000°S 81.000°E / -60.000; 81.000 (Southern Ocean)Southern Ocean
67°52′S 81°0′E / 67.867°S 81.000°E / -67.867; 81.000 (Antarctica)AntarcticaAustralian Antarctic Territory, claimed by  Australia

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