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107th meridian east

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107th meridian east

The meridian 107° east of Greenwich is a line of longitude[1] that extends from the North Pole across the Arctic Ocean, Asia, the Indian Ocean, the Southern Ocean, and Antarctica to the South Pole.

The 107th meridian east forms a great circle with the 73rd meridian west.

From Pole to Pole

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Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 107th meridian east passes through:

Co-ordinates Country, territory or sea Notes
90°0′N 107°0′E / 90.000°N 107.000°E / 90.000; 107.000 (Arctic Ocean) Arctic Ocean
79°51′N 107°0′E / 79.850°N 107.000°E / 79.850; 107.000 (Laptev Sea) Laptev Sea
78°11′N 107°0′E / 78.183°N 107.000°E / 78.183; 107.000 (Russia)  Russia Krasnoyarsk KraiMaly Taymyr Island, Severnaya Zemlya
78°5′N 107°0′E / 78.083°N 107.000°E / 78.083; 107.000 (Laptev Sea) Laptev Sea Passing between the Komsomolskaya Pravda Islands, Krasnoyarsk Krai,  Russia (at 77°20′N 107°0′E / 77.333°N 107.000°E / 77.333; 107.000 (Komsomolskaya Pravda Islands))
77°0′N 107°0′E / 77.000°N 107.000°E / 77.000; 107.000 (Russia)  Russia Krasnoyarsk KraiTaymyr Peninsula
76°44′N 107°0′E / 76.733°N 107.000°E / 76.733; 107.000 (Faddey Bay) Faddey Bay
76°30′N 107°0′E / 76.500°N 107.000°E / 76.500; 107.000 (Russia)  Russia Krasnoyarsk KraiTaymyr Peninsula
73°28′N 107°0′E / 73.467°N 107.000°E / 73.467; 107.000 (Khatanga Gulf) Khatanga Gulf
73°9′N 107°0′E / 73.150°N 107.000°E / 73.150; 107.000 (Russia)  Russia Krasnoyarsk Krai
Sakha Republic — from 69°33′N 107°0′E / 69.550°N 107.000°E / 69.550; 107.000 (Sakha Republic)
Krasnoyarsk Krai — from 64°24′N 107°0′E / 64.400°N 107.000°E / 64.400; 107.000 (Krasnoyarsk Krai)
Irkutsk Oblast — from 63°58′N 107°0′E / 63.967°N 107.000°E / 63.967; 107.000 (Irkutsk Oblast)
Republic of Buryatia — from 52°43′N 107°0′E / 52.717°N 107.000°E / 52.717; 107.000 (Buryatia) (border is in Lake Baikal)
50°12′N 107°0′E / 50.200°N 107.000°E / 50.200; 107.000 (Mongolia)  Mongolia Passing just east of Ulan Bator (at 47°55′N 106°54′E / 47.917°N 106.900°E / 47.917; 106.900 (Ulan Bator))
42°19′N 107°0′E / 42.317°N 107.000°E / 42.317; 107.000 (China)  People's Republic of China Inner Mongolia
Ningxia – from 38°6′N 107°0′E / 38.100°N 107.000°E / 38.100; 107.000 (Ningxia)
Gansu – from 37°7′N 107°0′E / 37.117°N 107.000°E / 37.117; 107.000 (Gansu)
Shaanxi – from 35°5′N 107°0′E / 35.083°N 107.000°E / 35.083; 107.000 (Shaanxi)
Sichuan – from 32°42′N 107°0′E / 32.700°N 107.000°E / 32.700; 107.000 (Sichuan)
Chongqing – from 30°3′N 107°0′E / 30.050°N 107.000°E / 30.050; 107.000 (Chongqing)
Guizhou – from 28°47′N 107°0′E / 28.783°N 107.000°E / 28.783; 107.000 (Guizhou)
Guangxi – from 25°28′N 107°0′E / 25.467°N 107.000°E / 25.467; 107.000 (Guangxi)
21°57′N 107°0′E / 21.950°N 107.000°E / 21.950; 107.000 (Vietnam)  Vietnam Mainland and Cat Ba Island
20°44′N 107°0′E / 20.733°N 107.000°E / 20.733; 107.000 (South China Sea) South China Sea Gulf of Tonkin
17°9′N 107°0′E / 17.150°N 107.000°E / 17.150; 107.000 (Vietnam)  Vietnam
16°18′N 107°0′E / 16.300°N 107.000°E / 16.300; 107.000 (Laos)  Laos
14°21′N 107°0′E / 14.350°N 107.000°E / 14.350; 107.000 (Cambodia)  Cambodia
12°5′N 107°0′E / 12.083°N 107.000°E / 12.083; 107.000 (Vietnam)  Vietnam
10°31′N 107°0′E / 10.517°N 107.000°E / 10.517; 107.000 (South China Sea) South China Sea Passing through the Badas Islands,  Indonesia (at 0°37′N 107°0′E / 0.617°N 107.000°E / 0.617; 107.000 (Badas Islands))
Passing just west of the island of Liat,  Indonesia (at 2°53′S 107°1′E / 2.883°S 107.017°E / -2.883; 107.017 (Liat))
Passing just east of the island of Lepar,  Indonesia (at 2°57′S 106°54′E / 2.950°S 106.900°E / -2.950; 106.900 (Lepar))
2°53′S 107°0′E / 2.883°S 107.000°E / -2.883; 107.000 (Java Sea) Java Sea
6°0′S 107°0′E / 6.000°S 107.000°E / -6.000; 107.000 (Indonesia)  Indonesia Island of Java - passing just east of Jakarta (at 6°10′S 106°49′E / 6.167°S 106.817°E / -6.167; 106.817 (Jakarta))
7°27′S 107°0′E / 7.450°S 107.000°E / -7.450; 107.000 (Indian Ocean) Indian Ocean
60°0′S 107°0′E / 60.000°S 107.000°E / -60.000; 107.000 (Southern Ocean) Southern Ocean
66°28′S 107°0′E / 66.467°S 107.000°E / -66.467; 107.000 (Antarctica) Antarctica Australian Antarctic Territory, claimed by  Australia

References

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  1. ^ "What is longitude?". oceanservice.noaa.gov. Retrieved 30 June 2025.


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