116th meridian east

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116th meridian east

The meridian 116° east of Greenwich is a line of longitude that extends from the North Pole across the Arctic Ocean, Asia, the Indian Ocean, Australasia, the Southern Ocean, and Antarctica to the South Pole.

The 116th meridian east forms a great circle with the 64th meridian west.
Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 116th meridian east passes through:

Co-ordinates	Country, territory or sea	Notes
90°0′N 116°0′E	Arctic Ocean
78°49′N 116°0′E	Laptev Sea
74°21′N 116°0′E	Russia	Peschanyy Island
74°16′N 116°0′E	Laptev Sea
73°41′N 116°0′E	Russia
49°59′N 116°0′E	Mongolia
48°42′N 116°0′E	People's Republic of China	Inner Mongolia
47°43′N 116°0′E	Mongolia
45°38′N 116°0′E	People's Republic of China	Inner Mongolia Hebei Beijing Hebei Shandong Henan - for about 8 km Shandong Henan Anhui Hubei - for about 10 km Anhui Hubei Jiangxi – passing just east of Nanchang Fujian Guangdong
22°50′N 116°0′E	South China Sea	Passing through the disputed Spratly Islands
5°48′N 116°0′E	Malaysia	Sabah - on the island of Borneo
4°21′N 116°0′E	Indonesia	On the island of Borneo
3°31′S 116°0′E	Java Sea	Passing just west of Laut Island, Indonesia Passing just east of the Kangean Islands, Indonesia
7°12′S 116°0′E	Bali Sea
8°44′S 116°0′E	Indonesia	Island of Lombok
8°54′S 116°0′E	Indian Ocean
21°2′S 116°0′E	Australia	Western Australia - passing just east of Perth
34°51′S 116°0′E	Indian Ocean	Australian authorities consider this to be part of the Southern Ocean
60°0′S 116°0′E	Southern Ocean
66°21′S 116°0′E	Antarctica	Australian Antarctic Territory, claimed by Australia

See also

• 115th meridian east
• 117th meridian east