56°

56th meridian east

The meridian 56° 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 westernmost part of the border between Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan is defined by the meridian.

The 56th meridian east forms a great circle with the 124th meridian west.

From Pole to Pole

Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 56th meridian east passes through:

Co-ordinates	Country, territory or sea	Notes
90°0′N 56°0′E / 90.000°N 56.000°E / 90.000; 56.000 (Arctic Ocean)	Arctic Ocean
81°18′N 56°0′E / 81.300°N 56.000°E / 81.300; 56.000 (Russia)	Russia	Islands of Jackson, Salisbury, Champ, Alger and MacKlintok, Franz Josef Land
80°4′N 56°0′E / 80.067°N 56.000°E / 80.067; 56.000 (Barents Sea)	Barents Sea
75°11′N 56°0′E / 75.183°N 56.000°E / 75.183; 56.000 (Russia)	Russia	Severny Island and Yuzhny Island, Novaya Zemlya
72°46′N 56°0′E / 72.767°N 56.000°E / 72.767; 56.000 (Kara Sea)	Kara Sea
71°21′N 56°0′E / 71.350°N 56.000°E / 71.350; 56.000 (Russia)	Russia	Yuzhny Island, Novaya Zemlya
70°34′N 56°0′E / 70.567°N 56.000°E / 70.567; 56.000 (Barents Sea)	Barents Sea	Pechora Sea
68°38′N 56°0′E / 68.633°N 56.000°E / 68.633; 56.000 (Russia)	Russia	Passing through Ufa (at 54°44′N 56°0′E / 54.733°N 56.000°E / 54.733; 56.000 (Ufa))
50°42′N 56°0′E / 50.700°N 56.000°E / 50.700; 56.000 (Kazakhstan)	Kazakhstan
45°0′N 56°0′E / 45.000°N 56.000°E / 45.000; 56.000 (Kazakhstan / Uzbekistan border)	Kazakhstan /  Uzbekistan border
41°19′N 56°0′E / 41.317°N 56.000°E / 41.317; 56.000 (Turkmenistan)	Turkmenistan
38°4′N 56°0′E / 38.067°N 56.000°E / 38.067; 56.000 (Iran)	Iran
27°5′N 56°0′E / 27.083°N 56.000°E / 27.083; 56.000 (Persian Gulf)	Persian Gulf	Clarence Strait
26°57′N 56°0′E / 26.950°N 56.000°E / 26.950; 56.000 (Iran)	Iran	Island of Qeshm
26°45′N 56°0′E / 26.750°N 56.000°E / 26.750; 56.000 (Persian Gulf)	Persian Gulf	Strait of Hormuz
25°52′N 56°0′E / 25.867°N 56.000°E / 25.867; 56.000 (United Arab Emirates)	United Arab Emirates	Passing through Ras al-Khaimah
24°58′N 56°0′E / 24.967°N 56.000°E / 24.967; 56.000 (Oman)	Oman	For about 9 km
24°53′N 56°0′E / 24.883°N 56.000°E / 24.883; 56.000 (United Arab Emirates)	United Arab Emirates	For about 4 km
24°51′N 56°0′E / 24.850°N 56.000°E / 24.850; 56.000 (Oman)	Oman
24°7′N 56°0′E / 24.117°N 56.000°E / 24.117; 56.000 (United Arab Emirates)	United Arab Emirates	For about 6 km
24°4′N 56°0′E / 24.067°N 56.000°E / 24.067; 56.000 (Oman)	Oman
17°55′N 56°0′E / 17.917°N 56.000°E / 17.917; 56.000 (Indian Ocean)	Indian Ocean	Khuriya Muriya Bay
17°31′N 56°0′E / 17.517°N 56.000°E / 17.517; 56.000 (Oman)	Oman	Island of Al-Hallaniyah
17°29′N 56°0′E / 17.483°N 56.000°E / 17.483; 56.000 (Indian Ocean)	Indian Ocean	Passing just east of the islands of La Digue and Frégate,  Seychelles Passing just west of the island of Coëtivy,  Seychelles Passing just east of the island of Réunion,  France
60°0′S 56°0′E / 60.000°S 56.000°E / -60.000; 56.000 (Southern Ocean)	Southern Ocean
66°10′S 56°0′E / 66.167°S 56.000°E / -66.167; 56.000 (Antarctica)	Antarctica	Australian Antarctic Territory, claimed by  Australia