101st meridian east

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101st meridian east

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

From Pole to Pole

Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 101st meridian east passes through:

Co-ordinates Country, territory or sea Notes
90°0′N 101°0′E / 90.000°N 101.000°E Arctic Ocean
80°32′N 101°0′E / 80.533°N 101.000°E Laptev Sea
78°57′N 101°0′E / 78.950°N 101.000°E  Russia Krasnoyarsk KraiBolshevik Island, Severnaya Zemlya
78°6′N 101°0′E / 78.100°N 101.000°E Kara Sea
76°32′N 101°0′E / 76.533°N 101.000°E  Russia Krasnoyarsk Krai
Irkutsk Oblast — from 57°52′N 101°0′E / 57.867°N 101.000°E
Republic of Buryatia — from 52°47′N 101°0′E / 52.783°N 101.000°E
51°36′N 101°0′E / 51.600°N 101.000°E  Mongolia
42°38′N 101°0′E / 42.633°N 101.000°E  People's Republic of China Inner Mongolia
Gansu — from 38°59′N 101°0′E / 38.983°N 101.000°E
Qinghai — from 37°56′N 101°0′E / 37.933°N 101.000°E
Gansu — from 34°22′N 101°0′E / 34.367°N 101.000°E
Qinghai — from 33°57′N 101°0′E / 33.950°N 101.000°E
Sichuan — from 32°38′N 101°0′E / 32.633°N 101.000°E
Yunnan — from 27°23′N 101°0′E / 27.383°N 101.000°E
21°42′N 101°0′E / 21.700°N 101.000°E  Burma (Burma)
21°23′N 101°0′E / 21.383°N 101.000°E  Laos
19°37′N 101°0′E / 19.617°N 101.000°E  Thailand
17°49′N 101°0′E / 17.817°N 101.000°E  Laos For about 2 km
17°48′N 101°0′E / 17.800°N 101.000°E  Thailand For about 3 km
17°46′N 101°0′E / 17.767°N 101.000°E  Laos For about 4 km
17°44′N 101°0′E / 17.733°N 101.000°E  Thailand For about 13 km
17°37′N 101°0′E / 17.617°N 101.000°E  Laos For about 5 km
17°34′N 101°0′E / 17.567°N 101.000°E  Thailand
12°39′N 101°0′E / 12.650°N 101.000°E Gulf of Thailand
6°51′N 101°0′E / 6.850°N 101.000°E  Thailand
6°16′N 101°0′E / 6.267°N 101.000°E  Malaysia
5°50′N 101°0′E / 5.833°N 101.000°E  Thailand For about 6 km
5°46′N 101°0′E / 5.767°N 101.000°E  Malaysia
3°39′N 101°0′E / 3.650°N 101.000°E Strait of Malacca
2°18′N 101°0′E / 2.300°N 101.000°E  Indonesia Island of Sumatra
2°27′S 101°0′E / 2.450°S 101.000°E Indian Ocean
60°0′S 101°0′E / 60.000°S 101.000°E Southern Ocean
65°24′S 101°0′E / 65.400°S 101.000°E Antarctica Australian Antarctic Territory, claimed by  Australia

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