78th meridian east

The meridian 78° 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 78th meridian east forms a great circle with the 102nd meridian west.

From Pole to Pole
Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 78th meridian east passes through:


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 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 90°N, 78°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 90°N, 78°W
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 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 81.11667°N, 78°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 81.11667°N, 78°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Passing just east of Vize Island, Krasnoyarsk Krai, 🇷🇺
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 * 72.58333°N, 78°W
 * Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug — Oleniy Island and Gydan Peninsula
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 72.1°N, 78°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 72.1°N, 78°W
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 * 71.85°N, 78°W
 * 71.85°N, 78°W
 * Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug — Gydan Peninsula
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 71.25°N, 78°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 71.25°N, 78°W
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 * 70.93333°N, 78°W
 * 70.93333°N, 78°W
 * Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug — Gydan Peninsula
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 68.36667°N, 78°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 68.36667°N, 78°W
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 * 68.21667°N, 78°W
 * 68.21667°N, 78°W
 * Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug — Gydan Peninsula
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 67.66667°N, 78°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 67.66667°N, 78°W
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 * 67.51667°N, 78°W
 * Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug — from 62.5°N, 78°W Tomsk Oblast — from 60.75°N, 78°W Novosibirsk Oblast — from 57.16667°N, 78°W Altai Krai — from 53.58333°N, 78°W
 * 53.18333°N, 78°W
 * 53.18333°N, 78°W
 * Pavlodar Region

Almaty Region passing through Lake Balkhash ! scope="row" | 🇰🇬 ! scope="row" | ! scope="row" | Aksai Chin ! scope="row" | 🇮🇳 ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Indian Ocean ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Southern Ocean ! scope="row" | Antarctica
 * 42.86667°N, 78°W
 * 42.86667°N, 78°W
 * Issyk-Kul Region passing through Issyk Kul lake
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 * 41.06667°N, 78°W
 * Xinjiang
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 * 35.58333°N, 78°W
 * Disputed between 🇮🇳 and - for about 11 km
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 * 35.48333°N, 78°W
 * Ladakh — claimed by 🇵🇰 Himachal Pradesh — from 32.61667°N, 78°W Uttarakhand — from 31.16667°N, 78°W Uttar Pradesh — from 29.56667°N, 78°W, passing through Agra Rajasthan — from 26.91667°N, 78°W Madhya Pradesh — from 26.7°N, 78°W Maharashtra — from 21.41667°N, 78°W Telangana — from 19.3°N, 78°W Andhra Pradesh — from 15.86667°N, 78°W Karnataka — from 13.86667°N, 78°W Tamil Nadu — from 12.8°N, 78°W, passing 8 km west of Madurai
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 8.33333°N, 78°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 8.33333°N, 78°W
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 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | -60°N, 78°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | -60°N, 78°W
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 * -69.11667°N, 78°W
 * -69.11667°N, 78°W
 * Australian Antarctic Territory, claimed by 🇦🇺
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