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98th meridian east

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98th meridian east

The meridian 98° east of Greenwich is a longitude line extending from the North Pole across the Arctic Ocean, Asia, the Indian Ocean, the Southern Ocean, and Antarctica to the South Pole.

The 98th meridian east forms a great circle with the 82nd meridian west.

From Pole to Pole

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Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 98th meridian east passes through:

Co-ordinates Country, territory or sea Notes
90°0′N 98°0′E / 90.000°N 98.000°E / 90.000; 98.000 (Arctic Ocean) Arctic Ocean
80°41′N 98°0′E / 80.683°N 98.000°E / 80.683; 98.000 (Russia)  Russia Krasnoyarsk KraiKomsomolets Island, Severnaya Zemlya
80°38′N 98°0′E / 80.633°N 98.000°E / 80.633; 98.000 (Laptev Sea) Laptev Sea
80°6′N 98°0′E / 80.100°N 98.000°E / 80.100; 98.000 (Russia)  Russia Krasnoyarsk KraiOctober Revolution Island, Severnaya Zemlya
78°49′N 98°0′E / 78.817°N 98.000°E / 78.817; 98.000 (Kara Sea) Kara Sea
76°7′N 98°0′E / 76.117°N 98.000°E / 76.117; 98.000 (Russia)  Russia Krasnoyarsk Krai
Irkutsk Oblast — from 57°50′N 98°0′E / 57.833°N 98.000°E / 57.833; 98.000 (Irkutsk Oblast)
Tuva Republic — from 53°17′N 98°0′E / 53.283°N 98.000°E / 53.283; 98.000 (Tuva Republic)
51°23′N 98°0′E / 51.383°N 98.000°E / 51.383; 98.000 (Mongolia)  Mongolia
50°53′N 98°0′E / 50.883°N 98.000°E / 50.883; 98.000 (Russia)  Russia Tuva Republic — For about 5 km
50°50′N 98°0′E / 50.833°N 98.000°E / 50.833; 98.000 (Mongolia)  Mongolia For about 13 km
50°43′N 98°0′E / 50.717°N 98.000°E / 50.717; 98.000 (Russia)  Russia Tuva Republic
50°2′N 98°0′E / 50.033°N 98.000°E / 50.033; 98.000 (Mongolia)  Mongolia
42°41′N 98°0′E / 42.683°N 98.000°E / 42.683; 98.000 (China)  People's Republic of China Inner Mongolia
Gansu — from 41°5′N 98°0′E / 41.083°N 98.000°E / 41.083; 98.000 (Gansu)
Qinghai — from 38°50′N 98°0′E / 38.833°N 98.000°E / 38.833; 98.000 (Qinghai)
Sichuan — from 33°57′N 98°0′E / 33.950°N 98.000°E / 33.950; 98.000 (Sichuan)
Tibet — from 32°24′N 98°0′E / 32.400°N 98.000°E / 32.400; 98.000 (Tibet)
28°17′N 98°0′E / 28.283°N 98.000°E / 28.283; 98.000 (Myanmar)  Myanmar (Burma)
25°16′N 98°0′E / 25.267°N 98.000°E / 25.267; 98.000 (China)  People's Republic of China Yunnan
24°3′N 98°0′E / 24.050°N 98.000°E / 24.050; 98.000 (Myanmar)  Myanmar (Burma)
19°38′N 98°0′E / 19.633°N 98.000°E / 19.633; 98.000 (Thailand)  Thailand
17°30′N 98°0′E / 17.500°N 98.000°E / 17.500; 98.000 (Myanmar)  Myanmar (Burma)
14°17′N 98°0′E / 14.283°N 98.000°E / 14.283; 98.000 (Indian Ocean) Indian Ocean Andaman Sea
12°23′N 98°0′E / 12.383°N 98.000°E / 12.383; 98.000 (Myanmar)  Myanmar (Burma) Islands in the Mergui Archipelago, including Thayawthadangyi
11°57′N 98°0′E / 11.950°N 98.000°E / 11.950; 98.000 (Indian Ocean) Indian Ocean Andaman Sea
11°27′N 98°0′E / 11.450°N 98.000°E / 11.450; 98.000 (Myanmar)  Myanmar (Burma) Islands in the Mergui Archipelago
11°19′N 98°0′E / 11.317°N 98.000°E / 11.317; 98.000 (Indian Ocean) Indian Ocean Andaman Sea — passing just west of the island of Lanbi Kyun,  Myanmar (at 10°53′N 98°4′E / 10.883°N 98.067°E / 10.883; 98.067 (Lanbi Kyun))
10°33′N 98°0′E / 10.550°N 98.000°E / 10.550; 98.000 (Myanmar)  Myanmar (Burma) Islands in the Mergui Archipelago
10°19′N 98°0′E / 10.317°N 98.000°E / 10.317; 98.000 (Indian Ocean) Indian Ocean Andaman Sea — passing just west of the island of Zadetkyi Kyun,  Myanmar (at 9°54′N 98°7′E / 9.900°N 98.117°E / 9.900; 98.117 (Zadetkyi Kyun))
Strait of Malacca – from 7°32′N 98°0′E / 7.533°N 98.000°E / 7.533; 98.000 (Strait of Malacca)
4°37′N 98°0′E / 4.617°N 98.000°E / 4.617; 98.000 (Indonesia)  Indonesia Island of Sumatra
2°14′N 98°0′E / 2.233°N 98.000°E / 2.233; 98.000 (Indian Ocean) Indian Ocean Passing just east of the island of Nias,  Indonesia (at 0°57′N 97°55′E / 0.950°N 97.917°E / 0.950; 97.917 (Nias))
Passing just west of the Batu Islands,  Indonesia (at 0°3′S 98°14′E / 0.050°S 98.233°E / -0.050; 98.233 (Batu Islands))
60°0′S 98°0′E / 60.000°S 98.000°E / -60.000; 98.000 (Southern Ocean) Southern Ocean
65°33′S 98°0′E / 65.550°S 98.000°E / -65.550; 98.000 (Antarctica) Antarctica Australian Antarctic Territory, claimed by  Australia


Next westward:
97th meridian east
98th meridian east
forms a great circle with
82nd meridian west
Next eastward:
99th meridian east