109th meridian east

The meridian 109° 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 109th meridian east forms a great circle with the 71st meridian west.

From Pole to Pole
Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 109th meridian east passes through:


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 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 90°N, 109°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 90°N, 109°W
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 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 79.61667°N, 109°W
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 * 76.73333°N, 109°W
 * 76.73333°N, 109°W
 * Krasnoyarsk Krai — Taymyr Peninsula
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 74°N, 109°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 74°N, 109°W
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 * 73.35°N, 109°W
 * Krasnoyarsk Krai Sakha Republic — from 69.76667°N, 109°W Irkutsk Oblast — from 63.58333°N, 109°W Republic of Buryatia — from 56.65°N, 109°W Irkutsk Oblast — from 56.01667°N, 109°W Republic of Buryatia — from 55.93333°N, 109°W, passing through Lake Baikal Zabaykalsky Krai — from 51.45°N, 109°W
 * 49.35°N, 109°W
 * 49.35°N, 109°W
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 * 42.45°N, 109°W
 * 42.45°N, 109°W
 * Inner Mongolia Shaanxi – from 38.33333°N, 109°W Inner Mongolia – from 38.13333°N, 109°W Shaanxi – from 37.88333°N, 109°W, passing just east of Xi'an (at 34.25°N, 108.93333°W) Chongqing – from 31.91667°N, 109°W Hubei – from 30.61667°N, 109°W Chongqing – from 29.31667°N, 109°W Guizhou – from 28.15°N, 109°W Hunan – from 27.23333°N, 109°W Guizhou – from 27.06667°N, 109°W Guangxi – from 25.76667°N, 109°W Guizhou – from 25.7°N, 109°W Guangxi – from 25.51667°N, 109°W
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 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 21.61667°N, 109°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Gulf of Tonkin – passing just west of Weizhou Island, (at 21.03333°N, 109.06667°W)
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 * 19.56667°N, 109°W
 * Island of Hainan
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 18.36667°N, 109°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 18.36667°N, 109°W
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 * 14.81667°N, 109°W
 * Quảng Ngãi Bình Định – from 14.66667°N, 109°W Phú Yên – from 13.51667°N, 109°W Khánh Hòa – from 12.7°N, 109°W Ninh Thuận – from 11.91667°N, 109°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 11.33333°N, 109°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 11.33333°N, 109°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Passing just east of the island of Cù Lao Thu, 🇻🇳 (at 10.51667°N, 108.95°W)
 * 2.56667°N, 109°W
 * 2.56667°N, 109°W
 * Island of Serasan
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 2.53333°N, 109°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 2.53333°N, 109°W
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 * 1.28333°N, 109°W
 * 1.28333°N, 109°W
 * West Kalimantan, on the island of Borneo
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 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 0.3°N, 109°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Passing just east of the island of Karimata, 🇮🇩 (at -1.6°N, 108.96667°W)
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | -2.83333°N, 109°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | -2.83333°N, 109°W
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 * -6.8°N, 109°W
 * -6.8°N, 109°W
 * Islands of Java and Kambangan Island
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | -7.76667°N, 109°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | -7.76667°N, 109°W
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 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | -60°N, 109°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | -60°N, 109°W
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 * -66.88333°N, 109°W
 * -66.88333°N, 109°W
 * Australian Antarctic Territory, claimed by 🇦🇺
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