60th meridian east
# 60th meridian east

The meridian 60° 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 60th meridian east forms a great circle with the 120th meridian west.

## From Pole to Pole

Starting at the North Pole and heading southward to the South Pole, the 60th meridian east passes through:

    Co-ordinates Country, territory or sea Notes 90°0′N 60°0′E﻿ / ﻿90.000°N 60.000°E﻿ / 90.000; 60.000﻿ (Arctic Ocean) Arctic Ocean 81°18′N 60°0′E﻿ / ﻿81.300°N 60.000°E﻿ / 81.300; 60.000﻿ (Russia)  Russia Hofmann Island, Wilczek Island and Salm Island, Franz Josef Land 79°53′N 60°0′E﻿ / ﻿79.883°N 60.000°E﻿ / 79.883; 60.000﻿ (Barents Sea) Barents Sea 76°7′N 60°0′E﻿ / ﻿76.117°N 60.000°E﻿ / 76.117; 60.000﻿ (Russia)  Russia Severny Island, Novaya Zemlya 74°42′N 60°0′E﻿ / ﻿74.700°N 60.000°E﻿ / 74.700; 60.000﻿ (Kara Sea) Kara Sea 70°5′N 60°0′E﻿ / ﻿70.083°N 60.000°E﻿ / 70.083; 60.000﻿ (Russia)  Russia Vaygach Island 69°41′N 60°0′E﻿ / ﻿69.683°N 60.000°E﻿ / 69.683; 60.000﻿ (Barents Sea) Barents Sea Pechora Sea 68°41′N 60°0′E﻿ / ﻿68.683°N 60.000°E﻿ / 68.683; 60.000﻿ (Russia)  Russia 50°49′N 60°0′E﻿ / ﻿50.817°N 60.000°E﻿ / 50.817; 60.000﻿ (Kazakhstan)  Kazakhstan The border with Uzbekistan is in the Aral Sea 44°55′N 60°0′E﻿ / ﻿44.917°N 60.000°E﻿ / 44.917; 60.000﻿ (Kazakhstan)  Uzbekistan 42°13′N 60°0′E﻿ / ﻿42.217°N 60.000°E﻿ / 42.217; 60.000﻿ (Turkmenistan)  Turkmenistan For about 6km 42°9′N 60°0′E﻿ / ﻿42.150°N 60.000°E﻿ / 42.150; 60.000﻿ (Kazakhstan)  Uzbekistan For about 6km 42°5′N 60°0′E﻿ / ﻿42.083°N 60.000°E﻿ / 42.083; 60.000﻿ (Turkmenistan)  Turkmenistan For about 9km 42°0′N 60°0′E﻿ / ﻿42.000°N 60.000°E﻿ / 42.000; 60.000﻿ (Kazakhstan)  Uzbekistan For about 5km 41°57′N 60°0′E﻿ / ﻿41.950°N 60.000°E﻿ / 41.950; 60.000﻿ (Turkmenistan)  Turkmenistan 37°2′N 60°0′E﻿ / ﻿37.033°N 60.000°E﻿ / 37.033; 60.000﻿ (Iran)  Iran 25°23′N 60°0′E﻿ / ﻿25.383°N 60.000°E﻿ / 25.383; 60.000﻿ (Indian Ocean) Indian Ocean Passing just east of the coast of Oman 60°0′S 60°0′E﻿ / ﻿60.000°S 60.000°E﻿ / -60.000; 60.000﻿ (Southern Ocean) Southern Ocean 67°24′S 60°0′E﻿ / ﻿67.400°S 60.000°E﻿ / -67.400; 60.000﻿ (Antarctica) Antarctica Australian Antarctic Territory, claimed by Australia
