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108th meridian east

Line of longitude

Line of longitude

The meridian 108° 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 108th meridian east forms a great circle with the 72nd meridian west.

From Pole to Pole

Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 108th meridian east passes through:

:{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" ! scope="col" width="130" | Co-ordinates ! scope="col" | Country, territory or sea ! scope="col" | Notes |- ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Arctic Ocean |-valign="top" ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Laptev Sea Passing just east of Ostrov Bol'shoy Island, Krasnoyarsk Krai, (at ) |- | ! scope="row" |

Krasnoyarsk Krai — Taymyr Peninsula
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| ! scope="row" | | Krasnoyarsk Krai — Taymyr Peninsula |-valign="top" ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Khatanga Gulf |-valign="top" | ! scope="row" | | Krasnoyarsk Krai Sakha Republic — from Krasnoyarsk Krai — from Irkutsk Oblast — from Republic of Buryatia — from (border is in Lake Baikal) Zabaykalsky Krai — from |- | ! scope="row" | | |-valign="top" | ! scope="row" | | Inner Mongolia Shaanxi – from Gansu – from Shaanxi – from Sichuan – from Chongqing – from Guizhou – from Guangxi – from |- | ! scope="row" |

Quảng Ninh – for about 10 km
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| ! scope="row" | | Thừa Thiên–Huế Da Nang – from Quảng Nam – from Kon Tum – from Gia Lai – from Đắk Lắk – from Đắk Nông – from Lâm Đồng – from Đắk Nông – from Lâm Đồng – from Bình Thuận – from |- ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | South China Sea |- | ! scope="row" |

Island of Natuna Besar
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Island of Belitung
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Island of Java
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| ! scope="row" | Antarctica

Australian Antarctic Territory, claimed by
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References

References

  1. "What is longitude?".
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