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56th meridian east
Line of longitude From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The meridian 56° 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.
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56th meridian east
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.
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Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 56th meridian east passes through:
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