74th meridian east

The meridian 74° 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 74th meridian east forms a great circle with the 106th meridian west.

From Pole to Pole
Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 74th meridian east passes through:


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 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 90°N, 74°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 90°N, 74°W
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 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 81.1°N, 74°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 81.1°N, 74°W
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 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 73°N, 74°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 73°N, 74°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Passing just west of Shokalsky Island, 🇷🇺
 * 71.9°N, 74°W
 * 71.9°N, 74°W
 * Gydan Peninsula, Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 70.8°N, 74°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 70.8°N, 74°W
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 * 70.26667°N, 74°W
 * 70.26667°N, 74°W
 * Gydan Peninsula, Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 69.08333°N, 74°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 69.08333°N, 74°W
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 * 67.31667°N, 74°W
 * 67.31667°N, 74°W
 * Yamalo-Nenetsia, Khantia-Mansia, Tyumen Oblast, Omsk Oblast
 * 53.63333°N, 74°W
 * 53.63333°N, 74°W
 * Pavlodar Region, Akmola Region, Karaganda Region (passing through Lake Balkhash), Jambyl Region
 * 43.16667°N, 74°W
 * 43.16667°N, 74°W
 * Chüy Region, Naryn Region, Osh Region
 * 40.03333°N, 74°W
 * 40.03333°N, 74°W
 * Xinjiang
 * 38.53333°N, 74°W
 * 38.53333°N, 74°W
 * Kuhiston-Badakhshon
 * 37.28333°N, 74°W
 * 37.28333°N, 74°W
 * Badakhshan Province
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 * 36.83333°N, 74°W
 * Gilgit-Baltistan - claimed by 🇮🇳 Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Azad Kashmir - claimed by 🇮🇳
 * 34.7°N, 74°W
 * 34.7°N, 74°W
 * Jammu and Kashmir - claimed by 🇵🇰
 * 34.03333°N, 74°W
 * 34.03333°N, 74°W
 * Azad Kashmir - claimed by 🇮🇳
 * 33.75°N, 74°W
 * 33.75°N, 74°W
 * Jammu and Kashmir - claimed by 🇵🇰
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 * 33.61667°N, 74°W
 * Azad Kashmir - claimed by 🇮🇳 Punjab
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 * 30.5°N, 74°W
 * Punjab Rajasthan Gujarat Maharashtra Gujarat Maharashtra Goa
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 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 15.01667°N, 74°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Passing just east of Heard Island, 🇦🇺
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | -60°N, 74°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | -60°N, 74°W
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 * -68.65°N, 74°W
 * Australian Antarctic Territory, claimed by 🇦🇺
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