108th meridian east

The meridian 108° 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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108th meridian east

The 108th meridian east forms a great circle with the 72nd meridian west.

From Pole to Pole

Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 108th meridian east passes through:

Co-ordinates Country, territory or sea Notes
90°0′N 108°0′E Arctic Ocean
79°44′N 108°0′E Laptev Sea Passing just east of Maly Taymyr Island, Krasnoyarsk Krai,  Russia (at 78°7′N 107°45′E)
Passing just east of Ostrov Bol'shoy Island, Krasnoyarsk Krai,  Russia (at 77°18′N 107°45′E)
76°55′N 108°0′E  Russia Krasnoyarsk KraiTaymyr Peninsula
76°54′N 108°0′E Faddey Bay
76°31′N 108°0′E  Russia Krasnoyarsk KraiTaymyr Peninsula
73°39′N 108°0′E Khatanga Gulf
73°12′N 108°0′E  Russia Krasnoyarsk Krai
Sakha Republic — from 69°43′N 108°0′E
Krasnoyarsk Krai — from 64°11′N 108°0′E
Irkutsk Oblast — from 64°1′N 108°0′E
Republic of Buryatia — from 53°14′N 108°0′E (border is in Lake Baikal)
Zabaykalsky Krai — from 50°20′N 108°0′E
49°40′N 108°0′E  Mongolia
42°26′N 108°0′E  People's Republic of China Inner Mongolia
Shaanxi – from 37°49′N 108°0′E
Gansu – from 36°38′N 108°0′E
Shaanxi – from 35°16′N 108°0′E
Sichuan – from 32°8′N 108°0′E
Chongqing – from 30°1′N 108°0′E
Guizhou – from 29°2′N 108°0′E
Guangxi – from 25°11′N 108°0′E
21°33′N 108°0′E  Vietnam Quảng Ninh – for about 10 km
21°27′N 108°0′E South China Sea Gulf of Tonkin
16°18′N 108°0′E  Vietnam Thừa Thiên–Huế
Da Nang – from 16°12′N 108°0′E
Quảng Nam – from 15°55′N 108°0′E
Kon Tum – from 15°0′N 108°0′E
Gia Lai – from 14°15′N 108°0′E
Đắk Lắk – from 13°23′N 108°0′E
Đắk Nông – from 12°18′N 108°0′E
Lâm Đồng – from 12°7′N 108°0′E
Đắk Nông – from 12°3′N 108°0′E
Lâm Đồng – from 11°48′N 108°0′E
Bình Thuận – from 11°20′N 108°0′E
10°42′N 108°0′E South China Sea
4°2′N 108°0′E  Indonesia Island of Natuna Besar
3°56′N 108°0′E South China Sea
2°35′S 108°0′E  Indonesia Island of Belitung
3°15′S 108°0′E Java Sea
6°17′S 108°0′E  Indonesia Island of Java
7°44′S 108°0′E Indian Ocean
60°0′S 108°0′E Southern Ocean
66°35′S 108°0′E Antarctica Australian Antarctic Territory, claimed by  Australia
Preceded by
107th meridian east
108th meridian east
forms a great circle with
72nd meridian west
Succeeded by
109th meridian east
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