77th meridian east

The meridian 77° 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 77th meridian east forms a great circle with the 103rd meridian west.

It is the most populous meridian on Earth, being home to between 113.8 million and 140.0 million people as of 2019.

From Pole to Pole
Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 77th meridian east passes through:


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 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 90°N, 77°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 90°N, 77°W
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 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 81.1°N, 77°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 81.1°N, 77°W
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 * 79.58333°N, 77°W
 * 79.58333°N, 77°W
 * Krasnoyarsk Krai — Vize Island
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 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 79.48333°N, 77°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Passing just east of Vilkitsky Island, Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, 🇷🇺 Passing just east of Neupokoyeva Island, Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, 🇷🇺
 * 72.36667°N, 77°W
 * 72.36667°N, 77°W
 * Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug — Oleniy Island
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 72.21667°N, 77°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 72.21667°N, 77°W
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 * 72°N, 77°W
 * 72°N, 77°W
 * Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug — Gydan Peninsula
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 71.4°N, 77°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 71.4°N, 77°W
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 * 71.15°N, 77°W
 * 71.15°N, 77°W
 * Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug — Gydan Peninsula
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 69.01667°N, 77°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 69.01667°N, 77°W
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 * 68.61667°N, 77°W
 * Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug — from 62.96667°N, 77°W Tomsk Oblast — from 60.51667°N, 77°W Novosibirsk Oblast — from 57.16667°N, 77°W
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 * 53.75°N, 77°W
 * Passing through Lake Balkhash Passing just east of Almaty
 * 42.96667°N, 77°W
 * 42.96667°N, 77°W
 * Passing through Issyk Kul lake
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 * 41.05°N, 77°W
 * Xinjiang
 * 35.6°N, 77°W
 * 35.6°N, 77°W
 * Gilgit-Baltistan — claimed by 🇮🇳
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 * 34.95°N, 77°W
 * Ladakh — from 34.15°N, 77.58333°W Himachal Pradesh — from 33°N, 77°W Haryana — from 30.76667°N, 77°W Delhi — from 28.83333°N, 77°W Haryana — from 28.53333°N, 77°W Rajasthan — from 27.73333°N, 77°W Madhya Pradesh — from 26.13333°N, 77°W Rajasthan — from 25.28333°N, 77°W Madhya Pradesh — from 25.06667°N, 77°W Rajasthan — from 24.71667°N, 77°W Madhya Pradesh — from 24.48333°N, 77°W Maharashtra — from 21.66667°N, 77°W Karnataka — from 18.16667°N, 77°W Andhra Pradesh — from 15.51667°N, 77°W Karnataka — from 18.16667°N, 77°W Andhra Pradesh — from 15.51667°N, 77°W Karnataka — from 15.46667°N, 77°W Andhra Pradesh — from 15.03333°N, 77°W Karnataka — from 14.25°N, 77°W Andhra Pradesh — from 14.18333°N, 77°W Karnataka — from 13.95°N, 77°W Andhra Pradesh — from 13.85°N, 77°W Karnataka — from 13.76667°N, 77°W Tamil Nadu — from 11.78333°N, 77°W, passing through Coimbatore Kerala — from 10.23333°N, 77°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 8.36667°N, 77°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 8.36667°N, 77°W
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 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | -60°N, 77°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | -60°N, 77°W
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 * -69.25°N, 77°W
 * -69.25°N, 77°W
 * Australian Antarctic Territory, claimed by 🇦🇺
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