46th meridian east

The meridian 46° east of Greenwich is a line of longitude that extends from the North Pole across the Arctic Ocean, Europe, Asia, Africa, the Indian Ocean, the Southern Ocean, and Antarctica to the South Pole.

46°

46th meridian east

The 46th meridian east forms a great circle with the 134th meridian west.

From Pole to Pole

Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 46th meridian east passes through:

Co-ordinates	Country, territory or sea	Notes
90°0′N 46°0′E	Arctic Ocean
80°39′N 46°0′E	Russia	Island of Alexandra Land, Franz Josef Land
80°33′N 46°0′E	Barents Sea
68°21′N 46°0′E	Russia	Kanin Peninsula
67°47′N 46°0′E	Barents Sea	Chesha Bay
66°51′N 46°0′E	Russia
51°30′N 46°0′E	Russia	Saratov
42°2′N 46°0′E	Georgia
41°11′N 46°0′E	Azerbaijan
39°46′N 46°0′E	Armenia
39°12′N 46°0′E	Azerbaijan	Nakhchivan exclave
38°52′N 46°0′E	Iran
35°50′N 46°0′E	Iraq
35°34′N 46°0′E	Iran	For about 3 km
35°33′N 46°0′E	Iraq	For about 4 km
35°31′N 46°0′E	Iran	For about 3 km
35°29′N 46°0′E	Iraq
35°4′N 46°0′E	Iran
33°29′N 46°0′E	Iraq
29°6′N 46°0′E	Saudi Arabia
17°14′N 46°0′E	Yemen
13°25′N 46°0′E	Indian Ocean	Gulf of Aden
10°47′N 46°0′E	Somalia	Somaliland
8°20′N 46°0′E	Ethiopia
5°58′N 46°0′E	Somalia
2°25′N 46°0′E	Indian Ocean	Passing just west of Aldabra atoll,  Seychelles
15°51′S 46°0′E	Madagascar
25°18′S 46°0′E	Indian Ocean
60°0′S 46°0′E	Southern Ocean
67°39′S 46°0′E	Antarctica	Australian Antarctic Territory, claimed by  Australia

History

According to Douglas Jardine, during World War 1, a line from Badwein to the 46th meridian was drawn "to afford protection to the friendly tribes on our side".^{[1][2][note 1]}

See also

• 45th meridian east
• 47th meridian east

Notes

1. Badwein, a confluence along this line, was also the burial site of Said Saleh Harti Dhulbahante, progenitor of the Dhulbahante tribe

References

1. Claude, M (1921). London Gazette (PDF). It was ourobject to confine them to this area and to affordprotection to our friendly tribes1 behind a linedrawn roughly from Ankhor on the sea coastthrough Eil Dur Elan to Bad'wein at the eastern extremity of the Ain Valley, and thence south-west to the southern border at a point where it is intersected by the 46th degree of longitude;
2. Douglas Jardine, p. 250 "An imaginary line was drawn roughly from Ankhor on the sea-coast through Eil Dur Elan to Badwein at the eastern extremity of the Ain Valley, and thence south-west to the southern border at a point where it is intersected by the 46th degree of longitude. It was our object to confine Dervish activities to their side of this line and to afford protection to the friendly tribes on our side."