93rd meridian east explained

The meridian 93° 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 93rd meridian east forms a great circle with the 87th meridian west.

From Pole to Pole

Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 93rd meridian east passes through:

Co-ordinatesCountry, territory or seaNotes
Arctic Ocean
Krasnoyarsk KraiKomsomolets Island, Pioneer Island, October Revolution Island and the Sedov Archipelago, Severnaya Zemlya
Kara Sea
Krasnoyarsk Krai
Tuva Republic — from
For about 11 km
Tuva Republic — for about 10 km
Xinjiang
Gansu — from
Qinghai — from
Tibet — from
Arunachal Pradesh — claimed by
Assam — from
Mizoram — from
Manipur — for 5 km from
Mizoram — from
(Burma)
Indian OceanBay of Bengal
North Andaman Island and Ritchie's Archipelago, Andaman Islands
Indian OceanPassing just east of the island of Car Nicobar, Nicobar Islands, (at)
Passing just west of the island of Teressa, Nicobar Islands, (at)
Southern OceanPassing just east of Drygalski Island, claimed by (at)
AntarcticaAustralian Antarctic Territory, claimed by