109th meridian east

The meridian 109° 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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109th meridian east

The 109th meridian east forms a great circle with the 71st meridian west.

From Pole to Pole

Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 109th meridian east passes through:

Co-ordinates	Country, territory or sea	Notes
90°0′N 109°0′E	Arctic Ocean
79°37′N 109°0′E	Laptev Sea
76°44′N 109°0′E	Russia	Krasnoyarsk Krai — Taymyr Peninsula
74°0′N 109°0′E	Khatanga Gulf
73°21′N 109°0′E	Russia	Krasnoyarsk Krai Sakha Republic — from 69°46′N 109°0′E Irkutsk Oblast — from 63°35′N 109°0′E Republic of Buryatia — from 56°39′N 109°0′E Irkutsk Oblast — from 56°1′N 109°0′E Republic of Buryatia — from 55°56′N 109°0′E, passing through Lake Baikal Zabaykalsky Krai — from 51°27′N 109°0′E
49°21′N 109°0′E	Mongolia
42°27′N 109°0′E	People's Republic of China	Inner Mongolia Shaanxi – from 38°20′N 109°0′E Inner Mongolia – from 38°8′N 109°0′E Shaanxi – from 37°53′N 109°0′E, passing just east of Xi'an (at 34°15′N 108°56′E) Chongqing – from 31°55′N 109°0′E Hubei – from 30°37′N 109°0′E Chongqing – from 29°19′N 109°0′E Guizhou – from 28°9′N 109°0′E Hunan – from 27°14′N 109°0′E Guizhou – from 27°4′N 109°0′E Guangxi – from 25°46′N 109°0′E Guizhou – from 25°42′N 109°0′E Guangxi – from 25°31′N 109°0′E
21°37′N 109°0′E	South China Sea	Gulf of Tonkin – passing just west of Weizhou Island,  People's Republic of China (at 21°2′N 109°4′E)
19°34′N 109°0′E	People's Republic of China	Island of Hainan
18°22′N 109°0′E	South China Sea
14°49′N 109°0′E	Vietnam	Quảng Ngãi Bình Định – from 14°40′N 109°0′E Phú Yên – from 13°31′N 109°0′E Khánh Hòa – from 12°42′N 109°0′E Ninh Thuận – from 11°55′N 109°0′E
11°20′N 109°0′E	South China Sea	Passing just east of the island of Cù Lao Thu,  Vietnam (at 10°31′N 108°57′E)
2°34′N 109°0′E	Indonesia	Island of Serasan
2°32′N 109°0′E	South China Sea
1°17′N 109°0′E	Indonesia	West Kalimantan, on the island of Borneo
0°18′N 109°0′E	South China Sea	Passing just east of the island of Karimata,  Indonesia (at 1°36′S 108°58′E)
2°50′S 109°0′E	Java Sea
6°48′S 109°0′E	Indonesia	Islands of Java and Kambangan Island
7°46′S 109°0′E	Indian Ocean
60°0′S 109°0′E	Southern Ocean
66°53′S 109°0′E	Antarctica	Australian Antarctic Territory, claimed by  Australia

Preceded by 108th meridian east

109th meridian east forms a great circle with 71st meridian west

Succeeded by 110th meridian east