77th meridian east

The meridian 77° 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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77th meridian east

The 77th meridian east forms a great circle with the 103rd meridian west.

It is the most populous meridian on Earth, being home to between 113.8 million and 140.0 million people as of 2019.[1]

From Pole to Pole

Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 77th meridian east passes through:

Co-ordinates Country, territory or sea Notes
90°0′N 77°0′E Arctic Ocean
81°6′N 77°0′E Kara Sea
79°35′N 77°0′E  Russia Krasnoyarsk Krai — Vize Island
79°29′N 77°0′E Kara Sea Passing just east of Vilkitsky Island, Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug,  Russia
Passing just east of Neupokoyeva Island, Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug,  Russia
72°22′N 77°0′E  Russia Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug — Oleniy Island
72°13′N 77°0′E Yuratski Bay
72°0′N 77°0′E  Russia Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug — Gydan Peninsula
71°24′N 77°0′E Khalmyer Bay
71°9′N 77°0′E  Russia Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug — Gydan Peninsula
69°1′N 77°0′E Taz Estuary
68°37′N 77°0′E  Russia Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug
Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug — from 62°58′N 77°0′E
Tomsk Oblast — from 60°31′N 77°0′E
Novosibirsk Oblast — from 57°10′N 77°0′E
53°45′N 77°0′E  Kazakhstan Passing through Lake Balkhash
Passing just east of Almaty
42°58′N 77°0′E  Kyrgyzstan Passing through Issyk Kul lake
41°3′N 77°0′E  People's Republic of China Xinjiang
35°36′N 77°0′E  Pakistan Gilgit-Baltistan — claimed by  India
34°57′N 77°0′E  India Ladakh — claimed by  Pakistan
Himachal Pradesh — from 33°0′N 77°0′E
Haryana — from 30°46′N 77°0′E
Delhi — from 28°50′N 77°0′E
Haryana — from 28°32′N 77°0′E
Rajasthan — from 27°44′N 77°0′E
Madhya Pradesh — from 26°8′N 77°0′E
Rajasthan — from 25°17′N 77°0′E
Madhya Pradesh — from 25°4′N 77°0′E
Rajasthan — from 24°43′N 77°0′E
Madhya Pradesh — from 24°29′N 77°0′E
Maharashtra — from 21°40′N 77°0′E
Karnataka — from 18°10′N 77°0′E
Andhra Pradesh — from 15°31′N 77°0′E
Karnataka — from 18°10′N 77°0′E
Andhra Pradesh — from 15°31′N 77°0′E
Karnataka — from 15°28′N 77°0′E
Andhra Pradesh — from 15°2′N 77°0′E
Karnataka — from 14°15′N 77°0′E
Andhra Pradesh — from 14°11′N 77°0′E
Karnataka — from 13°57′N 77°0′E
Andhra Pradesh — from 13°51′N 77°0′E
Karnataka — from 13°46′N 77°0′E
Tamil Nadu — from 11°47′N 77°0′E, passing through Coimbatore
Kerala — from 10°14′N 77°0′E
8°22′N 77°0′E Indian Ocean
60°0′S 77°0′E Southern Ocean
69°15′S 77°0′E Antarctica Australian Antarctic Territory, claimed by  Australia
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See also

References
  1. "World Population Distribution by Latitude and Longitude". Engaging Data. 2019-03-18. Retrieved 2020-08-05.
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