97th meridian east

The meridian 97° 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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97th meridian east

The 97th meridian east forms a great circle with the 83rd meridian west.

From Pole to Pole

Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 97th meridian east passes through:

Co-ordinates Country, territory or sea Notes
90°0′N 97°0′E Arctic Ocean
80°53′N 97°0′E  Russia Krasnoyarsk KraiKomsomolets Island and October Revolution Island, Severnaya Zemlya
78°56′N 97°0′E Kara Sea
76°19′N 97°0′E  Russia Krasnoyarsk Krai — The Nordenskiöld Archipelago and the mainland
Irkutsk Oblast — from 55°51′N 97°0′E
Tuva Republic — from 53°40′N 97°0′E
49°55′N 97°0′E  Mongolia
42°44′N 97°0′E  People's Republic of China Gansu
Qinghai — from 39°11′N 97°0′E
Tibet — from 32°3′N 97°0′E
28°19′N 97°0′E  India Arunachal Pradesh — partly claimed by  People's Republic of China
27°42′N 97°0′E  Myanmar (Burma)
27°19′N 97°0′E  India Arunachal Pradesh — for about 19 km
27°8′N 97°0′E  Myanmar (Burma)
17°16′N 97°0′E Indian Ocean Andaman Sea
5°15′N 97°0′E  Indonesia Island of Sumatra
3°33′N 97°0′E Indian Ocean Passing just west of the Banyak Islands,  Indonesia (at 2°4′N 97°4′E)
Passing just west of the island of Nias,  Indonesia (at 1°24′N 27°3′E)
Passing just east of the  Cocos (Keeling) Islands (at 12°9′S 96°56′E)
60°0′S 97°0′E Southern Ocean
65°10′S 97°0′E Antarctica Australian Antarctic Territory, claimed by  Australia
Preceded by
96th meridian east
97th meridian east
forms a great circle with
83rd meridian west
Succeeded by
98th meridian east
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