108th meridian east

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108th meridian east

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 105th meridian east passes through:

Co-ordinates	Country, territory or sea	Notes
90°0′N 108°0′E	Arctic Ocean
79°44′N 108°0′E	Laptev Sea	Passing just east of Maly Taymyr Island, Severnaya Zemlya, Russia Passing just east of Ostrov Bol'shoy Island, Russia
76°55′N 108°0′E	Russia	Taymyr Peninsula
76°54′N 108°0′E	Faddey Bay
76°31′N 108°0′E	Russia	Taymyr Peninsula
73°39′N 108°0′E	Khatanga Gulf
73°12′N 108°0′E	Russia	Passing through Lake Baikal
49°40′N 108°0′E	Mongolia
42°26′N 108°0′E	People's Republic of China	Inner Mongolia Shaanxi Gansu Shaanxi Sichuan Chongqing Guizhou Guangxi
21°33′N 108°0′E	Vietnam	Quang Ninh, for about 10km
21°27′N 108°0′E	South China Sea	Gulf of Tonkin
16°18′N 108°0′E	Vietnam	Hue Da Nang Quang Nam Kon Tum Gia Lai Dak Lak Lam Dong Dak Lak Lam Dong Binh Thuan
10°42′N 108°0′E	South China Sea
4°2′N 108°0′E	Indonesia	Island of Natuna Besar
3°56′N 108°0′E	South China Sea
2°35′S 108°0′E	Indonesia	Island of Belitung
3°15′S 108°0′E	Java Sea
6°17′S 108°0′E	Indonesia	Island of Java
7°44′S 108°0′E	Indian Ocean
60°0′S 108°0′E	Southern Ocean
66°35′S 108°0′E	Antarctica	Australian Antarctic Territory, claimed by Australia

See also

• 107th meridian east
• 109th meridian east