79th meridian east

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Line across the Earth
79°
79th meridian east

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

From Pole to Pole

Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 79th meridian east passes through:

Co-ordinates Country, territory or sea Notes
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Arctic Ocean
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Kara Sea Passing just west of Ushakov Island,  Russia
Passing just west of Uyedineniya Island,  Russia
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  Russia Nosok Island
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Kara Sea
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  Russia Sibiryakov Island
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Kara Sea Yenisei Gulf
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  Russia
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  Kazakhstan Passing through Lake Balkhash
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  Kyrgyzstan
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  People's Republic of China Xinjiang
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Aksai Chin Disputed between  India and  People's Republic of China
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  People's Republic of China Tibet
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Aksai Chin Disputed between  India and  People's Republic of China
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  People's Republic of China Tibet
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  India Jammu and Kashmir - claimed by  Pakistan
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  People's Republic of China Tibet
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Aksai Chin Disputed between  India and  People's Republic of China
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  India Uttarakhand
Uttar Pradesh
Madhya Pradesh
Uttar Pradesh
Madhya Pradesh
Maharashtra
Andhra Pradesh
Tamil Nadu
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Indian Ocean Palk Strait
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  India Tamil Nadu
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Indian Ocean
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Southern Ocean
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Antarctica Australian Antarctic Territory, claimed by  Australia

See also