79th meridian east

The meridian 79° 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 79th meridian east forms a great circle with the 101st meridian west.

From Pole to Pole
Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 79th meridian east passes through:


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 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 90°N, 79°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 90°N, 79°W
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 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 81.11667°N, 79°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Passing just west of Ushakov Island, Krasnoyarsk Krai, 🇷🇺 Passing just west of Uyedineniya Island, Krasnoyarsk Krai, 🇷🇺
 * 73.25°N, 79°W
 * 73.25°N, 79°W
 * Krasnoyarsk Krai — Nosok Island
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 73.23333°N, 79°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 73.23333°N, 79°W
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 * 73.01667°N, 79°W
 * 73.01667°N, 79°W
 * Krasnoyarsk Krai — Sibiryakov Island
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 72.73333°N, 79°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 72.73333°N, 79°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Yenisei Gulf
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 * 72.36667°N, 79°W
 * Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug Krasnoyarsk Krai — from 69.88333°N, 79°W Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug — from 69.83333°N, 79°W Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug — from 62.6°N, 79°W Tomsk Oblast — from 60.8°N, 79°W Novosibirsk Oblast — from 57.03333°N, 79°W Altai Krai — from 53.66667°N, 79°W
 * 52.11667°N, 79°W
 * 52.11667°N, 79°W
 * Passing through Lake Balkhash
 * 42.78333°N, 79°W
 * 42.78333°N, 79°W
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 * 41.65°N, 79°W
 * 41.65°N, 79°W
 * Xinjiang
 * 35.91667°N, 79°W
 * 35.91667°N, 79°W
 * Disputed between 🇮🇳 and
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 * 34.01667°N, 79°W
 * Tibet
 * 33.8°N, 79°W
 * 33.8°N, 79°W
 * Disputed between 🇮🇳 and
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 * 33.6°N, 79°W
 * Tibet
 * 33.33333°N, 79°W
 * 33.33333°N, 79°W
 * Ladakh
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 * 32.36667°N, 79°W
 * Tibet
 * 31.33333°N, 79°W
 * 31.33333°N, 79°W
 * Disputed between 🇮🇳 and
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 * 31.05°N, 79°W
 * Uttarakhand Uttar Pradesh — from 29.11667°N, 79°W Madhya Pradesh — from 26.58333°N, 79°W Uttar Pradesh — from 26.2°N, 79°W Madhya Pradesh — from 25.28333°N, 79°W Maharashtra — from 21.6°N, 79°W, passing 9km west of Nagpur Telangana — from 19.55°N, 79°W Andhra Pradesh — from 16.23333°N, 79°W Tamil Nadu — from 13.08333°N, 79°W Andhra Pradesh — from 13.05°N, 79°W Tamil Nadu — from 13.03333°N, 79°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 9.7°N, 79°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 9.7°N, 79°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Palk Strait
 * 9.35°N, 79°W
 * 9.35°N, 79°W
 * Tamil Nadu
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 9.26667°N, 79°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 9.26667°N, 79°W
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 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | -60°N, 79°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | -60°N, 79°W
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 * -68.28333°N, 79°W
 * -68.28333°N, 79°W
 * Australian Antarctic Territory, claimed by 🇦🇺
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