100th meridian east

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Line across the Earth
100°
100th meridian east

The meridian 100° 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 100th meridian east forms a great circle with the 80th meridian west.

From Pole to Pole

Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 100th meridian east passes through:

Co-ordinates Country, territory or sea Notes
90°0′N 100°0′E / 90.000°N 100.000°E / 90.000; 100.000 (Arctic Ocean) Arctic Ocean
80°39′N 100°0′E / 80.650°N 100.000°E / 80.650; 100.000 (Laptev Sea) Laptev Sea
79°51′N 100°0′E / 79.850°N 100.000°E / 79.850; 100.000 (Russia)  Russia Krasnoyarsk KraiOctober Revolution Island, Severnaya Zemlya
78°55′N 100°0′E / 78.917°N 100.000°E / 78.917; 100.000 (Kara Sea) Kara Sea
78°16′N 100°0′E / 78.267°N 100.000°E / 78.267; 100.000 (Russia)  Russia Krasnoyarsk KraiBolshevik Island, Severnaya Zemlya
77°57′N 100°0′E / 77.950°N 100.000°E / 77.950; 100.000 (Kara Sea) Kara Sea
76°27′N 100°0′E / 76.450°N 100.000°E / 76.450; 100.000 (Russia)  Russia Krasnoyarsk Krai
Irkutsk Oblast — from 58°4′N 100°0′E / 58.067°N 100.000°E / 58.067; 100.000 (Irkutsk Oblast)
Republic of Buryatia — from 53°19′N 100°0′E / 53.317°N 100.000°E / 53.317; 100.000 (Buryatia)
51°45′N 100°0′E / 51.750°N 100.000°E / 51.750; 100.000 (Mongolia)  Mongolia
42°39′N 100°0′E / 42.650°N 100.000°E / 42.650; 100.000 (China)  People's Republic of China Inner Mongolia
Gansu — from 40°55′N 100°0′E / 40.917°N 100.000°E / 40.917; 100.000 (Gansu)
Inner Mongolia — from 40°17′N 100°0′E / 40.283°N 100.000°E / 40.283; 100.000 (Inner Mongolia)
Gansu — from 39°45′N 100°0′E / 39.750°N 100.000°E / 39.750; 100.000 (Gansu)
Qinghai — from 38°17′N 100°0′E / 38.283°N 100.000°E / 38.283; 100.000 (Qinghai)
Sichuan — from 32°56′N 100°0′E / 32.933°N 100.000°E / 32.933; 100.000 (Gansu)
Yunnan — from 28°32′N 100°0′E / 28.533°N 100.000°E / 28.533; 100.000 (Yunnan)
21°42′N 100°0′E / 21.700°N 100.000°E / 21.700; 100.000 (Myanmar)  Myanmar (Burma)
20°25′N 100°0′E / 20.417°N 100.000°E / 20.417; 100.000 (Thailand)  Thailand
12°50′N 100°0′E / 12.833°N 100.000°E / 12.833; 100.000 (Gulf of Thailand) Gulf of Thailand
12°13′N 100°0′E / 12.217°N 100.000°E / 12.217; 100.000 (Thailand)  Thailand
12°10′N 100°0′E / 12.167°N 100.000°E / 12.167; 100.000 (Gulf of Thailand) Gulf of Thailand
9°47′N 100°0′E / 9.783°N 100.000°E / 9.783; 100.000 (Thailand)  Thailand Islands of
Ko Pha Ngan and Ko Samui
9°25′N 100°0′E / 9.417°N 100.000°E / 9.417; 100.000 (Gulf of Thailand) Gulf of Thailand
8°33′N 100°0′E / 8.550°N 100.000°E / 8.550; 100.000 (Thailand)  Thailand
6°34′N 100°0′E / 6.567°N 100.000°E / 6.567; 100.000 (Strait of Malacca) Strait of Malacca Passing just east of the Langkawi islands,  Malaysia (at 6°18′N 99°56′E / 6.300°N 99.933°E / 6.300; 99.933 (Langkawi))
Passing just west of Penang Island,  Malaysia (at 5°26′N 100°10′E / 5.433°N 100.167°E / 5.433; 100.167 (Penang))
2°43′N 100°0′E / 2.717°N 100.000°E / 2.717; 100.000 (Malaysia)  Indonesia Island of Sumatra
0°29′S 100°0′E / 0.483°S 100.000°E / -0.483; 100.000 (Indian Ocean) Indian Ocean
2°31′S 100°0′E / 2.517°S 100.000°E / -2.517; 100.000 (Malaysia)  Indonesia Island of North Pagai
2°51′S 100°0′E / 2.850°S 100.000°E / -2.850; 100.000 (Indian Ocean) Indian Ocean
60°0′S 100°0′E / 60.000°S 100.000°E / -60.000; 100.000 (Southern Ocean) Southern Ocean
65°39′S 100°0′E / 65.650°S 100.000°E / -65.650; 100.000 (Antarctica) Antarctica
claimed by  Australia


Next westward:
99th meridian east
100th meridian east
forms a great circle with
80th meridian west
Next eastward:
101st meridian east