99th meridian east

The meridian 99° 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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99th meridian east

The 99th meridian east forms a great circle with the 81st meridian west.

From Pole to Pole

Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 99th meridian east passes through:

Co-ordinates Country, territory or sea Notes
90°0′N 99°0′E Arctic Ocean
80°45′N 99°0′E Laptev Sea
80°3′N 99°0′E  Russia Krasnoyarsk KraiOctober Revolution Island, Severnaya Zemlya
78°48′N 99°0′E Kara Sea
76°30′N 99°0′E  Russia Krasnoyarsk Krai
Irkutsk Oblast — from 57°44′N 99°0′E
Tuva Republic — from 53°7′N 99°0′E
Republic of Buryatia — from 52°55′N 99°0′E
52°7′N 99°0′E  Mongolia
42°36′N 99°0′E  People's Republic of China Inner Mongolia
Gansu — from 40°47′N 99°0′E
Qinghai — from 38°57′N 99°0′E
Sichuan — from 33°5′N 99°0′E
Tibet — from 30°9′N 99°0′E
Sichuan — for about 9 km from 29°47′N 99°0′E
Tibet — from 29°38′N 99°0′E
Yunnan — for about 12 km from 29°12′N 99°0′E
Tibet — for about 7 km from 29°6′N 99°0′E
Yunnan — from 29°1′N 99°0′E
23°10′N 99°0′E  Myanmar (Burma)
19°46′N 99°0′E  Thailand Passing through Chiang Mai at around 18°48'N
14°1′N 99°0′E  Myanmar (Burma)
10°50′N 99°0′E  Thailand
7°53′N 99°0′E Strait of Malacca Passing just west of Ko Lanta Yai island,  Thailand (at 7°38′N 99°1′E)
Passing just west of Ko Rawi island,  Thailand (at 6°32′N 99°10′E)
3°39′N 99°0′E  Indonesia Island of Sumatra
0°49′N 99°0′E Indian Ocean Passing just east of the island of Pini,  Indonesia (at 0°6′N 98°51′E)
1°10′S 99°0′E  Indonesia Island of Siberut
1°46′S 99°0′E Indian Ocean
60°0′S 99°0′E Southern Ocean
65°47′S 99°0′E Antarctica Australian Antarctic Territory, claimed by  Australia
Preceded by
98th meridian east
99th meridian east
forms a great circle with
81st meridian west
Succeeded by
100th meridian east
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