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.

103°
103rd meridian east

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 KraiBolshevik 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
Preceded by
102nd meridian east
103rd meridian east
forms a great circle with
77th meridian west
Succeeded by
104th meridian east
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.