91st meridian east explained

The meridian 91° 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.

The 91st meridian east forms a great circle with the 89th meridian west.

From Pole to Pole

Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 91st meridian east passes through:

Co-ordinatesCountry, territory or seaNotes
Arctic Ocean
Krasnoyarsk KraiSchmidt Island, Severnaya Zemlya
Kara SeaPassing just west of Pioneer Island, Severnaya Zemlya, Krasnoyarsk Krai,
Krasnoyarsk Krai — Sedov Archipelago, Severnaya Zemlya
Kara SeaPassing just east of the Kirov Islands, Krasnoyarsk Krai,
Krasnoyarsk Krai
Republic of Khakassia — from
Krasnoyarsk Krai — from
Tuva Republic — from
Xinjiang
Xinjiang - for about 16km (10miles)
Xinjiang
Qinghai — from
Xinjiang — from
Qinghai — from
Xinjiang — from
Qinghai — from
Tibet — from, passing just west of Lhasa (at)
Assam
Meghalaya — from
Mainland and islands in the Ganges Delta
Indian Ocean
Southern Ocean
AntarcticaAustralian Antarctic Territory, claimed by