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105th Meridian East

Line across the Earth
105°
105th meridian east

The meridian 105° 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 105th meridian east forms a great circle with the 75th meridian west.

From Pole to Pole

Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 105th meridian east passes through:

Co-ordinates Country, territory or sea Notes
Arctic Ocean
Laptev Sea
 Russia Krasnoyarsk Krai — Bolshevik Island, Severnaya Zemlya
Laptev Sea
 Russia Krasnoyarsk Krai
Irkutsk Oblast — from
Krasnoyarsk Krai — from
Irkutsk Oblast — from
Krasnoyarsk Krai — from
Irkutsk Oblast — from
Krasnoyarsk Krai — from
Irkutsk Oblast — from
Republic of Buryatia — from (border is in Lake Baikal)
 Mongolia
 People's Republic of China Inner Mongolia
Ningxia – from
Gansu – from
Sichuan – from
Yunnan – from
Guizhou – from
Guangxi – from
Yunnan – from
 Vietnam
 Laos
 Thailand
 Cambodia
 Vietnam
South China Sea Passing just east of Lingga Island,  Indonesia (at )
Passing just west of Bangka Island,  Indonesia (at )
 Indonesia Island of Sumatra
Indian Ocean Passing just west of the island of Panaitan,  Indonesia (at )
Passing just west of the island of Java,  Indonesia (at )
Southern Ocean
Antarctica Australian Antarctic Territory, claimed by  Australia

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