97th meridian east

The meridian 97° 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 97th meridian east forms a great circle with the 83rd meridian west.

From Pole to Pole
Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 97th meridian east passes through:


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 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 90°N, 97°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 90°N, 97°W
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 * 80.88333°N, 97°W
 * Krasnoyarsk Krai — Komsomolets Island and October Revolution Island, Severnaya Zemlya
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 78.93333°N, 97°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 78.93333°N, 97°W
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 * 76.31667°N, 97°W
 * Krasnoyarsk Krai — The Nordenskiöld Archipelago and the mainland Irkutsk Oblast — from 55.85°N, 97°W Tuva Republic — from 53.66667°N, 97°W
 * 49.91667°N, 97°W
 * 49.91667°N, 97°W
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 * 42.73333°N, 97°W
 * 42.73333°N, 97°W
 * Gansu Qinghai — from 39.18333°N, 97°W Tibet — from 32.05°N, 97°W
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 * 28.31667°N, 97°W
 * Arunachal Pradesh — partly claimed by
 * 27.7°N, 97°W
 * 27.7°N, 97°W
 * 27.31667°N, 97°W
 * 27.31667°N, 97°W
 * 27.31667°N, 97°W
 * Arunachal Pradesh — for about 19 km
 * 27.13333°N, 97°W
 * 27.13333°N, 97°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 17.26667°N, 97°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 17.26667°N, 97°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 17.26667°N, 97°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Andaman Sea
 * 5.25°N, 97°W
 * 5.25°N, 97°W
 * Island of Sumatra
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 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 3.55°N, 97°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Passing just west of the Banyak Islands, 🇮🇩 (at 2.06667°N, 97.06667°W) Passing just west of the island of Nias, 🇮🇩 (at 1.4°N, 27.05°W) Passing just east of the 🇨🇨 (at -12.15°N, 96.93333°W)
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | -60°N, 97°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | -60°N, 97°W
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 * -65.16667°N, 97°W
 * -65.16667°N, 97°W
 * Australian Antarctic Territory, claimed by 🇦🇺
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