78th meridian east

The meridian 78° 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.

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78th meridian east

The 78th meridian east forms a great circle with the 102nd meridian west.

From Pole to Pole

Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 78th meridian east passes through:

Co-ordinates Country, territory or sea Notes
90°0′N 78°0′E Arctic Ocean
81°7′N 78°0′E Kara Sea Passing just east of Vize Island, Krasnoyarsk Krai,  Russia
72°35′N 78°0′E  Russia Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug — Oleniy Island and Gydan Peninsula
72°6′N 78°0′E Yuratski Bay
71°51′N 78°0′E  Russia Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug — Gydan Peninsula
71°15′N 78°0′E Khalmyer Bay
70°56′N 78°0′E  Russia Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug — Gydan Peninsula
68°22′N 78°0′E Taz Estuary
68°13′N 78°0′E  Russia Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug — Gydan Peninsula
67°40′N 78°0′E Taz Estuary
67°31′N 78°0′E  Russia Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug
Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug — from 62°30′N 78°0′E
Tomsk Oblast — from 60°45′N 78°0′E
Novosibirsk Oblast — from 57°10′N 78°0′E
Altai Krai — from 53°35′N 78°0′E
53°11′N 78°0′E  Kazakhstan Passing through Lake Balkhash
42°52′N 78°0′E  Kyrgyzstan Passing through Issyk Kul lake
41°4′N 78°0′E  People's Republic of China Xinjiang
35°35′N 78°0′E Aksai Chin Disputed between  India and  People's Republic of China - for about 11 km
35°29′N 78°0′E  India Ladakh — claimed by  Pakistan
Himachal Pradesh — from 32°37′N 78°0′E
Uttarakhand — from 31°10′N 78°0′E
Uttar Pradesh — from 29°34′N 78°0′E, passing through Agra
Rajasthan — from 26°55′N 78°0′E
Madhya Pradesh — from 26°42′N 78°0′E
Maharashtra — from 21°25′N 78°0′E
Telangana — from 19°18′N 78°0′E
Andhra Pradesh — from 15°52′N 78°0′E
Karnataka — from 13°52′N 78°0′E
Tamil Nadu — from 12°48′N 78°0′E, passing 8 km west of Madurai
8°20′N 78°0′E Indian Ocean
60°0′S 78°0′E Southern Ocean
69°7′S 78°0′E Antarctica Australian Antarctic Territory, claimed by  Australia

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