79th meridian east

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

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79th meridian east

From Pole to Pole

Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 79th meridian east passes through:

Co-ordinates Country, territory or sea Notes
90°0′N 79°0′E Arctic Ocean
81°7′N 79°0′E Kara Sea Passing just west of Ushakov Island, Krasnoyarsk Krai,  Russia
Passing just west of Uyedineniya Island, Krasnoyarsk Krai,  Russia
73°15′N 79°0′E  Russia Krasnoyarsk KraiNosok Island
73°14′N 79°0′E Kara Sea
73°1′N 79°0′E  Russia Krasnoyarsk KraiSibiryakov Island
72°44′N 79°0′E Kara Sea Yenisei Gulf
72°22′N 79°0′E  Russia Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug
Krasnoyarsk Krai — from 69°53′N 79°0′E
Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug — from 69°50′N 79°0′E
Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug — from 62°36′N 79°0′E
Tomsk Oblast — from 60°48′N 79°0′E
Novosibirsk Oblast — from 57°2′N 79°0′E
Altai Krai — from 53°40′N 79°0′E
52°7′N 79°0′E  Kazakhstan Passing through Lake Balkhash
42°47′N 79°0′E  Kyrgyzstan
41°39′N 79°0′E  People's Republic of China Xinjiang
35°55′N 79°0′E Aksai Chin Disputed between  India and  People's Republic of China
34°1′N 79°0′E  People's Republic of China Tibet
33°48′N 79°0′E Aksai Chin Disputed between  India and  People's Republic of China
33°36′N 79°0′E  People's Republic of China Tibet
33°20′N 79°0′E  India Ladakh
32°22′N 79°0′E  People's Republic of China Tibet
31°20′N 79°0′E Aksai Chin Disputed between  India and  People's Republic of China
31°3′N 79°0′E  India Uttarakhand
Uttar Pradesh — from 29°7′N 79°0′E
Madhya Pradesh — from 26°35′N 79°0′E
Uttar Pradesh — from 26°12′N 79°0′E
Madhya Pradesh — from 25°17′N 79°0′E
Maharashtra — from 21°36′N 79°0′E, passing 9km west of Nagpur
Telangana — from 19°33′N 79°0′E
Andhra Pradesh — from 16°14′N 79°0′E
Tamil Nadu — from 13°5′N 79°0′E
Andhra Pradesh — from 13°3′N 79°0′E
Tamil Nadu — from 13°2′N 79°0′E
9°42′N 79°0′E Indian Ocean Palk Strait
9°21′N 79°0′E  India Tamil Nadu
9°16′N 79°0′E Indian Ocean
60°0′S 79°0′E Southern Ocean
68°17′S 79°0′E Antarctica Australian Antarctic Territory, claimed by  Australia
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