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93rd meridian east

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93rd meridian east

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

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

Co-ordinates Country, territory or sea Notes
90°0′N 93°0′E / 90.000°N 93.000°E / 90.000; 93.000 (Arctic Ocean) Arctic Ocean
80°50′N 93°0′E / 80.833°N 93.000°E / 80.833; 93.000 (Russia)  Russia Krasnoyarsk KraiKomsomolets Island, Pioneer Island, October Revolution Island and the Sedov Archipelago, Severnaya Zemlya
79°24′N 93°0′E / 79.400°N 93.000°E / 79.400; 93.000 (Kara Sea) Kara Sea
76°3′N 93°0′E / 76.050°N 93.000°E / 76.050; 93.000 (Russia)  Russia Krasnoyarsk Krai
Tuva Republic — from 51°55′N 93°0′E / 51.917°N 93.000°E / 51.917; 93.000 (Tuva Republic)
50°47′N 93°0′E / 50.783°N 93.000°E / 50.783; 93.000 (Mongolia)  Mongolia For about 11 km
50°41′N 93°0′E / 50.683°N 93.000°E / 50.683; 93.000 (Russia)  Russia Tuva Republic — for about 10 km
50°36′N 93°0′E / 50.600°N 93.000°E / 50.600; 93.000 (Mongolia)  Mongolia
45°1′N 93°0′E / 45.017°N 93.000°E / 45.017; 93.000 (China)  People's Republic of China Xinjiang
Gansu — from 40°29′N 93°0′E / 40.483°N 93.000°E / 40.483; 93.000 (Gansu)
Qinghai — from 39°8′N 93°0′E / 39.133°N 93.000°E / 39.133; 93.000 (Qinghai)
Tibet — from 32°44′N 93°0′E / 32.733°N 93.000°E / 32.733; 93.000 (Tibet)
28°15′N 93°0′E / 28.250°N 93.000°E / 28.250; 93.000 (India)  India Arunachal Pradesh — claimed by  People's Republic of China
Assam — from 26°56′N 93°0′E / 26.933°N 93.000°E / 26.933; 93.000 (Assam)
Mizoram — from 24°24′N 93°0′E / 24.400°N 93.000°E / 24.400; 93.000 (Mizoram)
Manipur — for 5 km from 24°9′N 93°0′E / 24.150°N 93.000°E / 24.150; 93.000 (Manipur)
Mizoram — from 24°6′N 93°0′E / 24.100°N 93.000°E / 24.100; 93.000 (Mizoram)
22°4′N 93°0′E / 22.067°N 93.000°E / 22.067; 93.000 (Myanmar)  Myanmar (Burma)
19°54′N 93°0′E / 19.900°N 93.000°E / 19.900; 93.000 (Indian Ocean) Indian Ocean Bay of Bengal
13°40′N 93°0′E / 13.667°N 93.000°E / 13.667; 93.000 (India)  India North Andaman Island and Ritchie's Archipelago, Andaman Islands
11°56′N 93°0′E / 11.933°N 93.000°E / 11.933; 93.000 (Indian Ocean) Indian Ocean Passing just east of the island of Car Nicobar, Nicobar Islands,  India (at 9°10′N 92°50′E / 9.167°N 92.833°E / 9.167; 92.833 (Car Nicobar))
Passing just west of the island of Teressa, Nicobar Islands,  India (at 8°17′N 93°5′E / 8.283°N 93.083°E / 8.283; 93.083 (Teressa))
60°0′S 93°0′E / 60.000°S 93.000°E / -60.000; 93.000 (Southern Ocean) Southern Ocean Passing just east of Drygalski Island, claimed by  Australia (at 65°45′S 92°43′E / 65.750°S 92.717°E / -65.750; 92.717 (Drygalski Island))
66°33′S 93°0′E / 66.550°S 93.000°E / -66.550; 93.000 (Antarctica) Antarctica Australian Antarctic Territory, claimed by  Australia


Next westward:
92nd meridian east
93rd meridian east
forms a great circle with
87th meridian west
Next eastward:
94th meridian east