81st meridian east

The meridian 81° east of Greenwich is a line of longitude^[1] that extends from the North Pole across the Arctic Ocean, Asia, the Indian Ocean, the Southern Ocean, and Antarctica to the South Pole.

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81st meridian east

The 81st meridian east forms a great circle with the 99th meridian west.

From Pole to Pole

Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 81st meridian east passes through:

Co-ordinates	Country, territory or sea	Notes
90°0′N 81°0′E	Arctic Ocean
81°7′N 81°0′E	Kara Sea
73°34′N 81°0′E	Russia	Krasnoyarsk Krai
72°24′N 81°0′E	Yenisei Gulf
71°56′N 81°0′E	Russia	Krasnoyarsk Krai Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug — from 69°12′N 81°0′E Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug — from 63°9′N 81°0′E Tomsk Oblast — from 60°46′N 81°0′E Novosibirsk Oblast — from 56°31′N 81°0′E Altai Krai — from 54°17′N 81°0′E
51°12′N 81°0′E	Kazakhstan	East Kazakhstan, Almaty Region
45°10′N 81°0′E	People's Republic of China	Xinjiang Tibet — from 35°19′N 81°0′E
30°16′N 81°0′E	India	Uttarakhand — for about 7 km
30°12′N 81°0′E	Nepal	Sudurpashchim Pradesh
28°27′N 81°0′E	India	Uttar Pradesh, passing just east of Lucknow at 26°51′N 80°57′E Madhya Pradesh — from 24°56′N 81°0′E Chhattisgarh — from 22°7′N 81°0′E Telangana — from 17°53′N 81°0′E Andhra Pradesh — from 17°11′N 81°0′E
15°44′N 81°0′E	Indian Ocean	Bay of Bengal
8°56′N 81°0′E	Sri Lanka	Eastern Province, North Central Province, Uva, Southern Province
6°6′N 81°0′E	Indian Ocean
60°0′S 81°0′E	Southern Ocean
67°52′S 81°0′E	Antarctica	Australian Antarctic Territory, claimed by  Australia

See also

• 80th meridian east
• 82nd meridian east