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.

101°

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 Krai — Bolshevik 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