101st meridian east

The meridian 101° 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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101st meridian east

The 101st meridian east forms a great circle with the 79th meridian west.

From Pole to Pole

Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 101st meridian east passes through:

Co-ordinates Country, territory or sea Notes
90°0′N 101°0′E Arctic Ocean
80°32′N 101°0′E Laptev Sea
78°57′N 101°0′E  Russia Krasnoyarsk KraiBolshevik Island, Severnaya Zemlya
78°6′N 101°0′E Kara Sea
76°32′N 101°0′E  Russia Krasnoyarsk Krai
Irkutsk Oblast — from 57°52′N 101°0′E
Republic of Buryatia — from 52°47′N 101°0′E
51°36′N 101°0′E  Mongolia
42°38′N 101°0′E  People's Republic of China Inner Mongolia
Gansu — from 38°59′N 101°0′E
Qinghai — from 37°56′N 101°0′E
Gansu — from 34°22′N 101°0′E
Qinghai — from 33°57′N 101°0′E
Sichuan — from 32°38′N 101°0′E
Yunnan — from 27°23′N 101°0′E
21°42′N 101°0′E  Myanmar (Burma)
21°23′N 101°0′E  Laos
19°37′N 101°0′E  Thailand
17°49′N 101°0′E  Laos For about 2 km
17°48′N 101°0′E  Thailand For about 3 km
17°46′N 101°0′E  Laos For about 4 km
17°44′N 101°0′E  Thailand For about 13 km
17°37′N 101°0′E  Laos For about 5 km
17°34′N 101°0′E  Thailand
12°39′N 101°0′E Gulf of Thailand
6°51′N 101°0′E  Thailand
6°16′N 101°0′E  Malaysia
5°50′N 101°0′E  Thailand For about 6 km
5°46′N 101°0′E  Malaysia Passing just west of Ipoh at 4°37'N
3°39′N 101°0′E Strait of Malacca
2°18′N 101°0′E  Indonesia Island of Sumatra
2°27′S 101°0′E Indian Ocean
60°0′S 101°0′E Southern Ocean
65°24′S 101°0′E Antarctica Australian Antarctic Territory, claimed by  Australia
Preceded by
100th meridian east
101st meridian east
forms a great circle with
79th meridian west
Succeeded by
102nd meridian east
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