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59th meridian east

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The meridian 59° 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 59th meridian east forms a great circle with the 121st meridian west.

From Pole to Pole

Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 59th meridian east passes through:

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style="background:#b0e0e6;" | {{Coord|90|0|N|59|0|E|type:waterbody|name=Arctic Ocean}}

! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Arctic Ocean

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{{Coord|81|51|N|59|0|E|type:country|name=Russia}}

! scope="row" | {{RUS}}

| Islands of Rudolf, Rainer, Wiener Neustadt, Hall and Salm, Franz Josef Land

style="background:#b0e0e6;" | {{Coord|79|58|N|59|0|E|type:waterbody|name=Barents Sea}}

! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Barents Sea

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{{Coord|75|55|N|59|0|E|type:country|name=Russia}}

! scope="row" | {{RUS}}

| Severny Island, Novaya Zemlya

style="background:#b0e0e6;" | {{Coord|74|20|N|59|0|E|type:waterbody|name=Kara Sea}}

! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Kara Sea

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{{Coord|70|27|N|59|0|E|type:country|name=Russia}}

! scope="row" | {{RUS}}

| Vaygach Island

style="background:#b0e0e6;" | {{Coord|69|54|N|59|0|E|type:waterbody|name=Barents Sea}}

! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Barents Sea

| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Pechora Sea

{{Coord|69|18|N|59|0|E|type:country|name=Russia}}

! scope="row" | {{RUS}}

| Dolgiy Island

style="background:#b0e0e6;" | {{Coord|69|17|N|59|0|E|type:waterbody|name=Barents Sea}}

! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Barents Sea

| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Pechora Sea

{{Coord|68|59|N|59|0|E|type:country|name=Russia}}

! scope="row" | {{RUS}}

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{{Coord|50|42|N|59|0|E|type:country|name=Kazakhstan}}

! scope="row" | {{KAZ}}

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{{Coord|45|25|N|59|0|E|type:country|name=Uzbekistan}}

! scope="row" | {{UZB}}

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{{Coord|42|31|N|59|0|E|type:country|name=Turkmenistan}}

! scope="row" | {{TKM}}

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{{Coord|37|37|N|59|0|E|type:country|name=Iran}}

! scope="row" | {{IRN}}

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style="background:#b0e0e6;" | {{Coord|25|25|N|59|0|E|type:waterbody|name=Gulf of Oman}}

! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Gulf of Oman

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{{Coord|23|8|N|59|0|E|type:country|name=Oman}}

! scope="row" | {{OMN}}

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style="background:#b0e0e6;" | {{Coord|21|13|N|59|0|E|type:waterbody|name=Indian Ocean}}

! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Indian Ocean

| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Passing just east of Masirah Island, {{OMN}}

style="background:#b0e0e6;" | {{Coord|60|0|S|59|0|E|type:waterbody|name=Southern Ocean}}

! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Southern Ocean

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{{Coord|67|13|S|59|0|E|type:country|name=Antarctica}}

! scope="row" | Antarctica

| Australian Antarctic Territory, claimed by {{AUS}}

style="background:#b0e0e6;" | {{Coord|67|20|S|59|0|E|type:waterbody|name=Southern Ocean}}

! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Southern Ocean

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{{Coord|67|23|S|59|0|E|type:country|name=Antarctica}}

! scope="row" | Antarctica

| Australian Antarctic Territory, claimed by {{AUS}}

See also

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