80th meridian east

The meridian 80° 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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80th meridian east

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

There is also an 80 Degrees East cafe in Nanganallur, Chennai, India named after this longitude.[1]

From Pole to Pole

Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 80th meridian east passes through:

Co-ordinates Country, territory or sea Notes
90°0′N 80°0′E Arctic Ocean
81°7′N 80°0′E Kara Sea
80°58′N 80°0′E  Russia Krasnoyarsk KraiUshakov Island
80°50′N 80°0′E Kara Sea Passing just west of Dikson Island, Krasnoyarsk Krai,  Russia
72°11′N 80°0′E  Russia Krasnoyarsk Krai
Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug — from 71°8′N 80°0′E
Krasnoyarsk Krai — from 70°19′N 80°0′E
Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug — from 69°22′N 80°0′E
Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug — from 62°48′N 80°0′E
Tomsk Oblast — from 60°40′N 80°0′E
Novosibirsk Oblast — from 56°37′N 80°0′E
Altai Krai — from 53°57′N 80°0′E
50°51′N 80°0′E  Kazakhstan
44°58′N 80°0′E  People's Republic of China Xinjiang – for about 18 km
44°48′N 80°0′E  Kazakhstan
42°22′N 80°0′E  Kyrgyzstan
42°2′N 80°0′E  People's Republic of China Xinjiang
35°27′N 80°0′E Aksai Chin Disputed between  India and  People's Republic of China
34°39′N 80°0′E  People's Republic of China Tibet
30°52′N 80°0′E Aksai Chin Disputed between  India and  People's Republic of China – for about 4 km
30°50′N 80°0′E  India Uttarakhand
Uttar Pradesh — from 28°43′N 80°0′E
Madhya Pradesh — from 25°17′N 80°0′E
Maharashtra — from 21°32′N 80°0′E
Telangana — from 18°46′N 80°0′E
Andhra Pradesh — from 16°42′N 80°0′E
Tamil Nadu — from 13°29′N 80°0′E
12°14′N 80°0′E Indian Ocean Bay of Bengal
9°48′N 80°0′E  Sri Lanka Jaffna Peninsula
9°36′N 80°0′E Indian Ocean Palk Strait
9°0′N 80°0′E  Sri Lanka
6°24′N 80°0′E Indian Ocean
60°0′S 80°0′E Southern Ocean
68°2′S 80°0′E Antarctica Australian Antarctic Territory, claimed by  Australia

See also

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