97th meridian east

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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.

The 97th meridian east forms a great circle with the 83rd meridian west.
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	Komsomolets Island and October Revolution Island, Severnaya Zemlya
78°56′N 97°0′E	Kara Sea
76°19′N 97°0′E	Russia	The Nordenskiöld Archipelago and the mainland
49°55′N 97°0′E	Mongolia
42°44′N 97°0′E	People's Republic of China	Gansu Qinghai Tibet
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 19km
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 Java
3°33′N 97°0′E	Indian Ocean	Passing just west of the Banyak Islands, Indonesia Passing just west of the island of Nias, Indonesia Passing just east of the Cocos (Keeling) Islands
60°0′S 97°0′E	Southern Ocean
65°10′S 97°0′E	Antarctica	Australian Antarctic Territory, claimed by Australia

See also

• 96th meridian east
• 98th meridian east