66th meridian east
Line of longitude
The meridian 66° 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 66th meridian east forms a great circle with the 114th meridian west.
“66th meridian east” enters the record as line of longitude. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what 66th, meridian and east can confirm, complicate or overturn.
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