96th meridian east

The meridian 96° 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.

96°

96th meridian east

The 96th meridian east forms a great circle with the 84th meridian west.

From Pole to Pole

Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 85th meridian east passes through:

Co-ordinates	Country, territory or sea	Notes
90°0′N 96°0′E	Arctic Ocean
81°10′N 96°0′E	Russia	Krasnoyarsk Krai — Komsomolets Island and October Revolution Island, Severnaya Zemlya
78°59′N 96°0′E	Kara Sea
77°6′N 96°0′E	Russia	Krasnoyarsk Krai — The Nordenskiöld Archipelago and the mainland Irkutsk Oblast — from 54°31′N 96°0′E Krasnoyarsk Krai — from 54°5′N 96°0′E Tuva Republic — from 53°29′N 96°0′E
49°59′N 96°0′E	Mongolia
43°11′N 96°0′E	China	Xinjiang Gansu — from 41°54′N 96°0′E Qinghai — from 38°12′N 96°0′E Tibet — from 31°43′N 96°0′E
29°22′N 96°0′E	India	Arunachal Pradesh — partly claimed by China
27°8′N 96°0′E	Myanmar (Burma)
16°14′N 96°0′E	Indian Ocean	Andaman Sea
5°21′N 96°0′E	Indonesia	Island of Sumatra
4°14′N 96°0′E	Indian Ocean
2°47′N 96°0′E	Indonesia	Island of Simeulue
2°34′N 96°0′E	Indian Ocean
60°0′S 96°0′E	Southern Ocean
65°1′S 96°0′E	Antarctica	Australian Antarctic Territory, claimed by Australia

Preceded by 95th meridian east

96th meridian east forms a great circle with 84th meridian west

Succeeded by 97th meridian east