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.

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97th meridian east

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:

Co-ordinates	Country, territory or sea	Notes
90°0′N 97°0′E	Arctic Ocean
80°53′N 97°0′E	Russia	Krasnoyarsk Krai — Komsomolets Island and October Revolution Island, Severnaya Zemlya
78°56′N 97°0′E	Kara Sea
76°19′N 97°0′E	Russia	Krasnoyarsk Krai — The Nordenskiöld Archipelago and the mainland Irkutsk Oblast — from 55°51′N 97°0′E Tuva Republic — from 53°40′N 97°0′E
49°55′N 97°0′E	Mongolia
42°44′N 97°0′E	People's Republic of China	Gansu Qinghai — from 39°11′N 97°0′E Tibet — from 32°3′N 97°0′E
28°19′N 97°0′E	India	Arunachal Pradesh — partly claimed by People's Republic of China
27°42′N 97°0′E	Myanmar (Burma)
27°19′N 97°0′E	India	Arunachal Pradesh — for about 19 km
27°8′N 97°0′E	Myanmar (Burma)
17°16′N 97°0′E	Indian Ocean	Andaman Sea
5°15′N 97°0′E	Indonesia	Island of Sumatra
3°33′N 97°0′E	Indian Ocean	Passing just west of the Banyak Islands, Indonesia (at 2°4′N 97°4′E) Passing just west of the island of Nias, Indonesia (at 1°24′N 27°3′E) Passing just east of the Cocos (Keeling) Islands (at 12°9′S 96°56′E)
60°0′S 97°0′E	Southern Ocean
65°10′S 97°0′E	Antarctica	Australian Antarctic Territory, claimed by Australia

Next westward: 96th meridian east

97th meridian east forms a great circle with 83rd meridian west

Next eastward: 98th meridian east