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100th meridian east

Line of longitude

Line of longitude

The meridian 100° 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 100th meridian east forms a great circle with the 80th meridian west.

From Pole to Pole

Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 100th meridian east passes through:

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Krasnoyarsk Krai — October Revolution Island, Severnaya Zemlya
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Krasnoyarsk Krai — Bolshevik Island, Severnaya Zemlya
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| ! scope="row" | | Krasnoyarsk Krai Irkutsk Oblast — from Republic of Buryatia — from |- | ! scope="row" | | |-valign="top" | ! scope="row" | | Inner Mongolia Gansu — from Inner Mongolia — from Gansu — from Qinghai — from Sichuan — from Yunnan — from |- | ! scope="row" | (Burma) | |- | ! scope="row" | | |- ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Gulf of Thailand |- | ! scope="row" | | |- ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Gulf of Thailand |- | ! scope="row" |

Islands of Ko Pha Ngan and Ko Samui
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| ! scope="row" | | |-valign="top" ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Strait of Malacca Passing just west of Penang Island, (at ) |- | ! scope="row" |

Island of Sumatra
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Island of North Pagai
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| ! scope="row" | Antarctica

Australian Antarctic Territory, claimed by
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References

References

  1. "What is longitude?".
  2. Chisholm, Hugh. (1911). "The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and General Information". Encyclopædia britannica Company.
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