100th meridian east

The meridian 100° 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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100th meridian east

The 100th meridian east forms a great circle with the 80th meridian west.

From Pole to Pole

Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 100th meridian east passes through:

Co-ordinates Country, territory or sea Notes
90°0′N 100°0′E Arctic Ocean
80°39′N 100°0′E Laptev Sea
79°51′N 100°0′E  Russia Krasnoyarsk KraiOctober Revolution Island, Severnaya Zemlya
78°55′N 100°0′E Kara Sea
78°16′N 100°0′E  Russia Krasnoyarsk KraiBolshevik Island, Severnaya Zemlya
77°57′N 100°0′E Kara Sea
76°27′N 100°0′E  Russia Krasnoyarsk Krai
Irkutsk Oblast — from 58°4′N 100°0′E
Republic of Buryatia — from 53°19′N 100°0′E
51°45′N 100°0′E  Mongolia
42°39′N 100°0′E  People's Republic of China Inner Mongolia
Gansu — from 40°55′N 100°0′E
Inner Mongolia — from 40°17′N 100°0′E
Gansu — from 39°45′N 100°0′E
Qinghai — from 38°17′N 100°0′E
Sichuan — from 32°56′N 100°0′E
Yunnan — from 28°32′N 100°0′E
21°42′N 100°0′E  Myanmar (Burma)
20°25′N 100°0′E  Thailand
12°50′N 100°0′E Gulf of Thailand
12°13′N 100°0′E  Thailand
12°10′N 100°0′E Gulf of Thailand
9°47′N 100°0′E  Thailand Islands of Ko Pha Ngan and Ko Samui
9°25′N 100°0′E Gulf of Thailand
8°33′N 100°0′E  Thailand
6°34′N 100°0′E Strait of Malacca Passing just east of the Langkawi islands,  Malaysia (at 6°18′N 99°56′E)
Passing just west of Penang Island,  Malaysia (at 5°26′N 100°10′E)
2°43′N 100°0′E  Indonesia Island of Sumatra
0°29′S 100°0′E Indian Ocean
2°31′S 100°0′E  Indonesia Island of North Pagai
2°51′S 100°0′E Indian Ocean
60°0′S 100°0′E Southern Ocean
65°39′S 100°0′E Antarctica Australian Antarctic Territory, claimed by  Australia
Preceded by
99th meridian east
100th meridian east
forms a great circle with
80th meridian west
Succeeded by
101st meridian east
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