90th meridian east

Template:Short description Template:Location map-line Template:Side box The meridian 90° 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.

It is the border between two tropical cyclone basins: the Australian region and the Southwest Indian Ocean basin.

The Ninety East Ridge is named after the meridian.

The 90th meridian east forms a great circle with the 90th meridian west.

This meridian is halfway between the Prime meridian and the 180th meridian and the center of the Eastern Hemisphere is this meridian's intersection with the Equator.

From Pole to Pole

Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 90th meridian east passes through:

Co-ordinates	Country, territory or sea	Notes
	Arctic Ocean	Geographic North Pole
	Kara Sea	Passing just west of Schmidt Island, Krasnoyarsk Krai,
		Krasnoyarsk Krai — Kirov Islands
	Kara Sea
		Krasnoyarsk Krai Republic of Khakassia — from Tuva Republic — from
		Bayan-Ölgii Province
		Xinjiang Qinghai — from Tibet — from
		Assam - passing just east of Dhubri Meghalaya — from
	Indian Ocean
	Southern Ocean
	Antarctica	Kaiser Wilhelm II Land, Australian Antarctic Territory, claimed by
	Antarctica	Geographic South Pole

See also

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