81st meridian east
# 81st meridian east

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

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 / ﻿90.000°N 81.000°E﻿ / 90.000; 81.000﻿ (Arctic Ocean) Arctic Ocean 81°7′N 81°0′E﻿ / ﻿81.117°N 81.000°E﻿ / 81.117; 81.000﻿ (Kara Sea) Kara Sea 73°34′N 81°0′E﻿ / ﻿73.567°N 81.000°E﻿ / 73.567; 81.000﻿ (Russia)  Russia Krasnoyarsk Krai 72°24′N 81°0′E﻿ / ﻿72.400°N 81.000°E﻿ / 72.400; 81.000﻿ (Yenisei Gulf) Yenisei Gulf 71°56′N 81°0′E﻿ / ﻿71.933°N 81.000°E﻿ / 71.933; 81.000﻿ (Russia)  Russia Krasnoyarsk Krai Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug — from 69°12′N 81°0′E﻿ / ﻿69.200°N 81.000°E﻿ / 69.200; 81.000﻿ (Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug) Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug — from 63°9′N 81°0′E﻿ / ﻿63.150°N 81.000°E﻿ / 63.150; 81.000﻿ (Khanti-Mansi Autonomous Okrug) Tomsk Oblast — from 60°46′N 81°0′E﻿ / ﻿60.767°N 81.000°E﻿ / 60.767; 81.000﻿ (Tomsk Oblast) Novosibirsk Oblast — from 56°31′N 81°0′E﻿ / ﻿56.517°N 81.000°E﻿ / 56.517; 81.000﻿ (Novosibirsk Oblast) Altai Krai — from 54°17′N 81°0′E﻿ / ﻿54.283°N 81.000°E﻿ / 54.283; 81.000﻿ (Altai Krai) 51°12′N 81°0′E﻿ / ﻿51.200°N 81.000°E﻿ / 51.200; 81.000﻿ (Kazakhstan)  Kazakhstan East Kazakhstan, Almaty Region 45°10′N 81°0′E﻿ / ﻿45.167°N 81.000°E﻿ / 45.167; 81.000﻿ (China)  People's Republic of China Xinjiang Tibet — from 35°19′N 81°0′E﻿ / ﻿35.317°N 81.000°E﻿ / 35.317; 81.000﻿ (Tibet) 30°16′N 81°0′E﻿ / ﻿30.267°N 81.000°E﻿ / 30.267; 81.000﻿ (India)  India Uttarakhand — for about 7 km 30°12′N 81°0′E﻿ / ﻿30.200°N 81.000°E﻿ / 30.200; 81.000﻿ (Nepal)  Nepal Sudurpashchim Pradesh 28°27′N 81°0′E﻿ / ﻿28.450°N 81.000°E﻿ / 28.450; 81.000﻿ (India)  India Uttar Pradesh, passing just east of Lucknow at 26°51′N 80°57′E﻿ / ﻿26.850°N 80.950°E﻿ / 26.850; 80.950﻿ (Lucknow) Madhya Pradesh — from 24°56′N 81°0′E﻿ / ﻿24.933°N 81.000°E﻿ / 24.933; 81.000﻿ (Madhya Pradesh) Chhattisgarh — from 22°7′N 81°0′E﻿ / ﻿22.117°N 81.000°E﻿ / 22.117; 81.000﻿ (Chhattisharh) Telangana — from 17°53′N 81°0′E﻿ / ﻿17.883°N 81.000°E﻿ / 17.883; 81.000﻿ (Telangana) Andhra Pradesh — from 17°11′N 81°0′E﻿ / ﻿17.183°N 81.000°E﻿ / 17.183; 81.000﻿ (Adhra Pradesh) 15°44′N 81°0′E﻿ / ﻿15.733°N 81.000°E﻿ / 15.733; 81.000﻿ (Indian Ocean) Indian Ocean Bay of Bengal 8°56′N 81°0′E﻿ / ﻿8.933°N 81.000°E﻿ / 8.933; 81.000﻿ (Sri Lanka)  Sri Lanka Eastern Province, North Central Province, Uva, Southern Province 6°6′N 81°0′E﻿ / ﻿6.100°N 81.000°E﻿ / 6.100; 81.000﻿ (Indian Ocean) Indian Ocean 60°0′S 81°0′E﻿ / ﻿60.000°S 81.000°E﻿ / -60.000; 81.000﻿ (Southern Ocean) Southern Ocean 67°52′S 81°0′E﻿ / ﻿67.867°S 81.000°E﻿ / -67.867; 81.000﻿ (Antarctica) Antarctica Australian Antarctic Territory, claimed by Australia
