95th meridian east

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95th meridian east

The meridian 95° 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 95th meridian east forms a great circle with the 85th meridian west.
Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 95th meridian east passes through:

Co-ordinates Country, territory or sea Notes
Arctic Ocean
 Russia Komsomolets Island and October Revolution Island, Severnaya Zemlya
Kara Sea
 Russia The Nordenskiöld Archipelago and the mainland
 Mongolia
 People's Republic of China Xinjiang
Gansu
Qinghai
Tibet
 India Arunachal Pradesh - partly claimed by  People's Republic of China
Assam
Nagaland
 Myanmar (Burma)
Indian Ocean Passing just west of the islands of Breueh and Sumatra,  Indonesia
Southern Ocean
Antarctica Australian Antarctic Territory, claimed by  Australia

See also