106th meridian east

The meridian 106° 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 106th meridian east forms a great circle with the 74th meridian west.

From Pole to Pole
Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 106th meridian east passes through:


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 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 90°N, 106°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 90°N, 106°W
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 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 79.96667°N, 106°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Passing just west of Starokadomsky Island, Krasnoyarsk Krai, 🇷🇺 (at 77.33333°N, 106.11667°W)
 * 77.43333°N, 106°W
 * 77.43333°N, 106°W
 * Krasnoyarsk Krai
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 77.3°N, 106°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 77.3°N, 106°W
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 * 77°N, 106°W
 * Krasnoyarsk Krai Sakha Republic — from 67.08333°N, 106°W Krasnoyarsk Krai — from 66.9°N, 106°W Sakha Republic — from 65.06667°N, 106°W Krasnoyarsk Krai — from 64.53333°N, 106°W Irkutsk Oblast — from 61.9°N, 106°W Republic of Buryatia — from 52.2°N, 106°W (border is in Lake Baikal)
 * 50.4°N, 106°W
 * 50.4°N, 106°W
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 * 42.01667°N, 106°W
 * 42.01667°N, 106°W
 * Inner Mongolia Ningxia – from 38.93333°N, 106°W Gansu – for about 5 km from 35.53333°N, 106°W Ningxia – for about 4 km from 35.48333°N, 106°W Gansu – from 35.43333°N, 106°W Shaanxi – from 33.6°N, 106°W Sichuan – from 32.83333°N, 106°W Chongqing – from 30.36667°N, 106°W Sichuan – from 28.96667°N, 106°W Guizhou – from 28.73333°N, 106°W Sichuan – from 28.11667°N, 106°W Guizhou – from 27.75°N, 106°W Guangxi – from 24.65°N, 106°W Yunnan – from 24.13333°N, 106°W Guangxi – from 23.45°N, 106°W
 * 22.93333°N, 106°W
 * 22.93333°N, 106°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 19.96667°N, 106°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 19.96667°N, 106°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 19.96667°N, 106°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Gulf of Tonkin
 * 18.38333°N, 106°W
 * 18.38333°N, 106°W
 * 17.46667°N, 106°W
 * 17.46667°N, 106°W
 * 17.46667°N, 106°W
 * 13.93333°N, 106°W
 * 13.93333°N, 106°W
 * 13.93333°N, 106°W
 * 11.7°N, 106°W
 * 11.7°N, 106°W
 * 11.7°N, 106°W
 * 11.18333°N, 106°W
 * 11.18333°N, 106°W
 * 11.18333°N, 106°W
 * 10.86667°N, 106°W
 * 10.86667°N, 106°W
 * 10.86667°N, 106°W
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 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 9.3°N, 106°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 9.3°N, 106°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Passing through the Anambas Islands, 🇮🇩 (at 3°N, 106°W)
 * -1.58333°N, 106°W
 * -1.58333°N, 106°W
 * Islands of Bangka and Sumatra
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | -3.3°N, 106°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | -3.3°N, 106°W
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 * -5.9°N, 106°W
 * -5.9°N, 106°W
 * Island of Java
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 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | -6.81667°N, 106°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Passing just east of 🇨🇽 (at -10.43333°N, 105.71667°W)
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | -60°N, 106°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | -60°N, 106°W
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 * -66.23333°N, 106°W
 * -66.23333°N, 106°W
 * Australian Antarctic Territory, claimed by 🇦🇺
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