87th meridian east

The meridian 87° 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 87th meridian east forms a great circle with the 93rd meridian west.

From Pole to Pole
Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 87th meridian east passes through:


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 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 90°N, 87°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 90°N, 87°W
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 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 81.13333°N, 87°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 81.13333°N, 87°W
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 * 75.13333°N, 87°W
 * Krasnoyarsk Krai Tomsk Oblast — from 59.88333°N, 87°W Kemerovo Oblast — from 56.53333°N, 87°W Altai Krai — from 53.05°N, 87°W Kemerovo Oblast — from 52.9°N, 87°W Altai Krai — from 52.75°N, 87°W Altai Republic — from 52.65°N, 87°W
 * 49.3°N, 87°W
 * 49.3°N, 87°W
 * East Kazakhstan Region
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 * 49.1°N, 87°W
 * Xinjiang Tibet — from 36.3°N, 87°W
 * 27.95°N, 87°W
 * 27.95°N, 87°W
 * Province 1
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 * 26.53333°N, 87°W
 * Bihar Jharkhand — from 24.61667°N, 87°W West Bengal — from 23.85°N, 87°W Odisha — from 22.03333°N, 87°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 21.41667°N, 87°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 21.41667°N, 87°W
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 * 20.75°N, 87°W
 * 20.75°N, 87°W
 * Odisha
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 20.65°N, 87°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 20.65°N, 87°W
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 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | -60°N, 87°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | -60°N, 87°W
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 * -66.1°N, 87°W
 * -66.1°N, 87°W
 * Australian Antarctic Territory, claimed by 🇦🇺
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