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.
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 |
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Arctic Ocean | ||
Islands of Karl-Alexander, Jackson, Payer, Ziegler, Salisbury, and MacKlintok, Franz Josef Land | ||
Barents Sea | ||
Severny Island, Novaya Zemlya | ||
Kara Sea | ||
Yuzhny Island, Novaya Zemlya | ||
Barents Sea | Pechora Sea | |
Gulf of Oman | ||
Indian Ocean | Passing just east of the Agalega Islands, Passing just west of the island of | |
Southern Ocean | ||
Antarctica | Australian Antarctic Territory, claimed by | |
Southern Ocean | ||
Antarctica | Australian Antarctic Territory, claimed by | |