title: 87th meridian east
text: # 87th meridian east
  
  The meridian 87° 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 87th meridian east forms a great circle with the 93rd meridian west.
  
  ## From Pole to Pole
  
  Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 87th meridian east passes through:
  
      Co-ordinates Country, territory or sea Notes 90°0′N 87°0′E﻿ / ﻿90.000°N 87.000°E﻿ / 90.000; 87.000﻿ (Arctic Ocean) Arctic Ocean 81°8′N 87°0′E﻿ / ﻿81.133°N 87.000°E﻿ / 81.133; 87.000﻿ (Kara Sea) Kara Sea 75°8′N 87°0′E﻿ / ﻿75.133°N 87.000°E﻿ / 75.133; 87.000﻿ (Russia)  Russia Krasnoyarsk Krai Tomsk Oblast — from 59°53′N 87°0′E﻿ / ﻿59.883°N 87.000°E﻿ / 59.883; 87.000﻿ (Tomsk Oblast) Kemerovo Oblast — from 56°32′N 87°0′E﻿ / ﻿56.533°N 87.000°E﻿ / 56.533; 87.000﻿ (Kemerovo Oblast) Altai Krai — from 53°3′N 87°0′E﻿ / ﻿53.050°N 87.000°E﻿ / 53.050; 87.000﻿ (Altai Krai) Kemerovo Oblast — from 52°54′N 87°0′E﻿ / ﻿52.900°N 87.000°E﻿ / 52.900; 87.000﻿ (Khakassia) Altai Krai — from 52°45′N 87°0′E﻿ / ﻿52.750°N 87.000°E﻿ / 52.750; 87.000﻿ (Altai Krai) Altai Republic — from 52°39′N 87°0′E﻿ / ﻿52.650°N 87.000°E﻿ / 52.650; 87.000﻿ (Altai Republic) 49°18′N 87°0′E﻿ / ﻿49.300°N 87.000°E﻿ / 49.300; 87.000﻿ (Kazakhstan)  Kazakhstan East Kazakhstan Region 49°6′N 87°0′E﻿ / ﻿49.100°N 87.000°E﻿ / 49.100; 87.000﻿ (China)  People's Republic of China Xinjiang Tibet — from 36°18′N 87°0′E﻿ / ﻿36.300°N 87.000°E﻿ / 36.300; 87.000﻿ (Tibet) 27°57′N 87°0′E﻿ / ﻿27.950°N 87.000°E﻿ / 27.950; 87.000﻿ (Nepal)  Nepal Province 1 Province 2 — from 26°42′N 87°0′E﻿ / ﻿26.700°N 87.000°E﻿ / 26.700; 87.000﻿ (Tibet) 26°32′N 87°0′E﻿ / ﻿26.533°N 87.000°E﻿ / 26.533; 87.000﻿ (India)  India Bihar Jharkhand — from 24°37′N 87°0′E﻿ / ﻿24.617°N 87.000°E﻿ / 24.617; 87.000﻿ (Jharkhand) West Bengal — from 23°51′N 87°0′E﻿ / ﻿23.850°N 87.000°E﻿ / 23.850; 87.000﻿ (West Bengal) Odisha — from 22°2′N 87°0′E﻿ / ﻿22.033°N 87.000°E﻿ / 22.033; 87.000﻿ (Odisha) 21°25′N 87°0′E﻿ / ﻿21.417°N 87.000°E﻿ / 21.417; 87.000﻿ (Indian Ocean) Indian Ocean 20°45′N 87°0′E﻿ / ﻿20.750°N 87.000°E﻿ / 20.750; 87.000﻿ (India)  India Odisha 20°39′N 87°0′E﻿ / ﻿20.650°N 87.000°E﻿ / 20.650; 87.000﻿ (Indian Ocean) Indian Ocean 60°0′S 87°0′E﻿ / ﻿60.000°S 87.000°E﻿ / -60.000; 87.000﻿ (Southern Ocean) Southern Ocean 66°6′S 87°0′E﻿ / ﻿66.100°S 87.000°E﻿ / -66.100; 87.000﻿ (Antarctica) Antarctica Australian Antarctic Territory, claimed by Australia
  
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