46th meridian east explained

The meridian 46° east of Greenwich is a line of longitude that extends from the North Pole across the Arctic Ocean, Europe, Asia, Africa, the Indian Ocean, the Southern Ocean, and Antarctica to the South Pole.

The 46th meridian east forms a great circle with the 134th meridian west.

From Pole to Pole

Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 46th meridian east passes through:

Co-ordinates	Country, territory or sea	Notes
	Arctic Ocean
		Island of Alexandra Land, Franz Josef Land
	Barents Sea
		Kanin Peninsula
	Barents Sea	Chesha Bay
		Saratov
		Nakhchivan exclave
		For about 3 km
		For about 4 km
		For about 3 km
	Indian Ocean	Gulf of Aden
		Somaliland
	Indian Ocean	Passing just west of Aldabra atoll,
	Indian Ocean
	Southern Ocean
	Antarctica	Australian Antarctic Territory, claimed by

History

According to Douglas Jardine, during World War 1, a line from Badwein to the 46th meridian was drawn "to afford protection to the friendly tribes on our side".^{[1] [2]}

See also

• 45th meridian east
• 47th meridian east

Notes and References

1. Book: Claude . M . 1921 . London Gazette . It was ourobject to confine them to this area and to affordprotection to our friendly tribes1 behind a linedrawn roughly from Ankhor on the sea coastthrough Eil Dur Elan to Bad'wein at the eastern extremity of the Ain Valley, and thence south-west to the southern border at a point where it is intersected by the 46th degree of longitude;.
2. Douglas Jardine, p. 250 "An imaginary line was drawn roughly from Ankhor on the sea-coast through Eil Dur Elan to Badwein at the eastern extremity of the Ain Valley, and thence south-west to the southern border at a point where it is intersected by the 46th degree of longitude. It was our object to confine Dervish activities to their side of this line and to afford protection to the friendly tribes on our side."