96th meridian east

The meridian 96° 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 96th meridian east forms a great circle with the 84th meridian west.

From Pole to Pole
Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 85th meridian east passes through:


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 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 90°N, 96°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 90°N, 96°W
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 * 81.16667°N, 96°W
 * Krasnoyarsk Krai — Komsomolets Island and October Revolution Island, Severnaya Zemlya
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 78.98333°N, 96°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 78.98333°N, 96°W
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 * 77.1°N, 96°W
 * Krasnoyarsk Krai — The Nordenskiöld Archipelago and the mainland Irkutsk Oblast — from 54.51667°N, 96°W Krasnoyarsk Krai — from 54.08333°N, 96°W Tuva Republic — from 53.48333°N, 96°W
 * 49.98333°N, 96°W
 * 49.98333°N, 96°W
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 * 43.18333°N, 96°W
 * 43.18333°N, 96°W
 * Xinjiang Gansu — from 41.9°N, 96°W Qinghai — from 38.2°N, 96°W Tibet — from 31.71667°N, 96°W
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 * 29.36667°N, 96°W
 * Arunachal Pradesh — partly claimed by China
 * 27.13333°N, 96°W
 * 27.13333°N, 96°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 16.23333°N, 96°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 16.23333°N, 96°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 16.23333°N, 96°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Andaman Sea
 * 5.35°N, 96°W
 * 5.35°N, 96°W
 * Island of Sumatra
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 4.23333°N, 96°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 4.23333°N, 96°W
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 * 2.78333°N, 96°W
 * 2.78333°N, 96°W
 * Island of Simeulue
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 2.56667°N, 96°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 2.56667°N, 96°W
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 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | -60°N, 96°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | -60°N, 96°W
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 * -65.01667°N, 96°W
 * -65.01667°N, 96°W
 * Australian Antarctic Territory, claimed by Australia
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