103rd meridian east

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103rd meridian east

The meridian 103° 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 103rd meridian east forms a great circle with the 77th meridian west.

From Pole to Pole

Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 103rd meridian east passes through:

Co-ordinates	Country, territory or sea	Notes
90°0′N 103°0′E	Arctic Ocean
80°18′N 103°0′E	Laptev Sea
79°19′N 103°0′E	Russia	Krasnoyarsk Krai — Bolshevik Island, Severnaya Zemlya
78°11′N 103°0′E	Kara Sea
77°33′N 103°0′E	Russia	Krasnoyarsk Krai Irkutsk Oblast — from 59°18′N 103°0′E Republic of Buryatia — from 51°54′N 103°0′E
50°18′N 103°0′E	Mongolia
42°1′N 103°0′E	People's Republic of China	Inner Mongolia Gansu — from 39°6′N 103°0′E Qinghai — for about 7 km from 36°16′N 103°0′E Gansu — from 36°12′N 103°0′E Sichuan — from 34°14′N 103°0′E Yunnan — from 27°22′N 103°0′E Sichuan — from 26°44′N 103°0′E Yunnan — from 26°29′N 103°0′E
22°28′N 103°0′E	Vietnam
21°4′N 103°0′E	Laos
17°59′N 103°0′E	Thailand
14°13′N 103°0′E	Cambodia	Mainland and island of Koh Kong
11°15′N 103°0′E	Gulf of Thailand
6°58′N 103°0′E	South China Sea
5°48′N 103°0′E	Malaysia	Redang Island
5°45′N 103°0′E	Gulf of Thailand
5°30′N 103°0′E	Malaysia	Passing just east of Batu Pahat, Johor at 1°51'N
1°45′N 103°0′E	Strait of Malacca
1°4′N 103°0′E	Indonesia	Islands of Rangsang, Tebing Tinggi and Sumatra
4°31′S 103°0′E	Indian Ocean
60°0′S 103°0′E	Southern Ocean
65°9′S 103°0′E	Antarctica	Australian Antarctic Territory, claimed by Australia

Next westward: 102nd meridian east

103rd meridian east forms a great circle with 77th meridian west

Next eastward: 104th meridian east

External links

• 103rd Meridian East - Russian/English Magazine published in Singapore