106th meridian east

The meridian 106° 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.

106°
106th meridian east

The 106th meridian east forms a great circle with the 74th meridian west.

From Pole to Pole

Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 106th meridian east passes through:

Co-ordinates Country, territory or sea Notes
90°0′N 106°0′E Arctic Ocean
79°58′N 106°0′E Laptev Sea Passing just west of Starokadomsky Island, Krasnoyarsk Krai,  Russia (at 77°20′N 106°7′E)
77°26′N 106°0′E  Russia Krasnoyarsk Krai
77°18′N 106°0′E Laptev Sea
77°0′N 106°0′E  Russia Krasnoyarsk Krai
Sakha Republic — from 67°5′N 106°0′E
Krasnoyarsk Krai — from 66°54′N 106°0′E
Sakha Republic — from 65°4′N 106°0′E
Krasnoyarsk Krai — from 64°32′N 106°0′E
Irkutsk Oblast — from 61°54′N 106°0′E
Republic of Buryatia — from 52°12′N 106°0′E (border is in Lake Baikal)
50°24′N 106°0′E  Mongolia
42°1′N 106°0′E  People's Republic of China Inner Mongolia
Ningxia – from 38°56′N 106°0′E
Gansu – for about 5 km from 35°32′N 106°0′E
Ningxia – for about 4 km from 35°29′N 106°0′E
Gansu – from 35°26′N 106°0′E
Shaanxi – from 33°36′N 106°0′E
Sichuan – from 32°50′N 106°0′E
Chongqing – from 30°22′N 106°0′E
Sichuan – from 28°58′N 106°0′E
Guizhou – from 28°44′N 106°0′E
Sichuan – from 28°7′N 106°0′E
Guizhou – from 27°45′N 106°0′E
Guangxi – from 24°39′N 106°0′E
Yunnan – from 24°8′N 106°0′E
Guangxi – from 23°27′N 106°0′E
22°56′N 106°0′E  Vietnam
19°58′N 106°0′E South China Sea Gulf of Tonkin
18°23′N 106°0′E  Vietnam
17°28′N 106°0′E  Laos
13°56′N 106°0′E  Cambodia
11°42′N 106°0′E  Vietnam
11°11′N 106°0′E  Cambodia
10°52′N 106°0′E  Vietnam
9°18′N 106°0′E South China Sea Passing through the Anambas Islands,  Indonesia (at 3°0′N 106°0′E)
1°35′S 106°0′E  Indonesia Islands of Bangka and Sumatra
3°18′S 106°0′E Java Sea
5°54′S 106°0′E  Indonesia Island of Java
6°49′S 106°0′E Indian Ocean Passing just east of  Christmas Island (at 10°26′S 105°43′E)
60°0′S 106°0′E Southern Ocean
66°14′S 106°0′E Antarctica Australian Antarctic Territory, claimed by  Australia
Preceded by
105th meridian east
106th meridian east
forms a great circle with
74th meridian west
Succeeded by
107th meridian east
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