66th meridian east

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66th meridian east ()

The meridian 66° east of Greenwich is a line of longitude^[1] 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 66th meridian east forms a great circle with the 114th meridian west.

From Pole to Pole

Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 66th meridian east passes through:

Co-ordinates	Country, territory or sea	Notes
90°0′N 66°0′E / 90.000°N 66.000°E / 90.000; 66.000 (Arctic Ocean)	Arctic Ocean	Passing just east of Graham Bell Island, Franz Josef Land, Russia
81°0′N 66°0′E / 81.000°N 66.000°E / 81.000; 66.000 (Barents Sea)	Barents Sea
76°44′N 66°0′E / 76.733°N 66.000°E / 76.733; 66.000 (Russia)	Russia	Severny Island, Novaya Zemlya
75°56′N 66°0′E / 75.933°N 66.000°E / 75.933; 66.000 (Kara Sea)	Kara Sea
69°5′N 66°0′E / 69.083°N 66.000°E / 69.083; 66.000 (Russia)	Russia
54°37′N 66°0′E / 54.617°N 66.000°E / 54.617; 66.000 (Kazakhstan)	Kazakhstan
42°56′N 66°0′E / 42.933°N 66.000°E / 42.933; 66.000 (Uzbekistan)	Uzbekistan
38°13′N 66°0′E / 38.217°N 66.000°E / 38.217; 66.000 (Turkmenistan)	Turkmenistan
37°27′N 66°0′E / 37.450°N 66.000°E / 37.450; 66.000 (Afghanistan)	Afghanistan
29°47′N 66°0′E / 29.783°N 66.000°E / 29.783; 66.000 (Pakistan)	Pakistan	Balochistan
25°25′N 66°0′E / 25.417°N 66.000°E / 25.417; 66.000 (Indian Ocean)	Indian Ocean
60°0′S 66°0′E / 60.000°S 66.000°E / -60.000; 66.000 (Southern Ocean)	Southern Ocean
67°43′S 66°0′E / 67.717°S 66.000°E / -67.717; 66.000 (Antarctica)	Antarctica	Australian Antarctic Territory, claimed by Australia