title: 97th meridian east
text: # 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.
  
  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 / ﻿90.000°N 97.000°E﻿ / 90.000; 97.000﻿ (Arctic Ocean) Arctic Ocean 80°53′N 97°0′E﻿ / ﻿80.883°N 97.000°E﻿ / 80.883; 97.000﻿ (Russia)  Russia Krasnoyarsk Krai — Komsomolets Island and October Revolution Island, Severnaya Zemlya 78°56′N 97°0′E﻿ / ﻿78.933°N 97.000°E﻿ / 78.933; 97.000﻿ (Kara Sea) Kara Sea 76°19′N 97°0′E﻿ / ﻿76.317°N 97.000°E﻿ / 76.317; 97.000﻿ (Russia)  Russia Krasnoyarsk Krai — The Nordenskiöld Archipelago and the mainland Irkutsk Oblast — from 55°51′N 97°0′E﻿ / ﻿55.850°N 97.000°E﻿ / 55.850; 97.000﻿ (Irkutsk Oblast) Tuva Republic — from 53°40′N 97°0′E﻿ / ﻿53.667°N 97.000°E﻿ / 53.667; 97.000﻿ (Tuva Republic) 49°55′N 97°0′E﻿ / ﻿49.917°N 97.000°E﻿ / 49.917; 97.000﻿ (Mongolia)  Mongolia 42°44′N 97°0′E﻿ / ﻿42.733°N 97.000°E﻿ / 42.733; 97.000﻿ (China)  People's Republic of China Gansu Qinghai — from 39°11′N 97°0′E﻿ / ﻿39.183°N 97.000°E﻿ / 39.183; 97.000﻿ (Qinghai) Tibet — from 32°3′N 97°0′E﻿ / ﻿32.050°N 97.000°E﻿ / 32.050; 97.000﻿ (Tibet) 28°19′N 97°0′E﻿ / ﻿28.317°N 97.000°E﻿ / 28.317; 97.000﻿ (India)  India Arunachal Pradesh — partly claimed by People's Republic of China 27°42′N 97°0′E﻿ / ﻿27.700°N 97.000°E﻿ / 27.700; 97.000﻿ (Myanmar)  Myanmar (Burma) 27°19′N 97°0′E﻿ / ﻿27.317°N 97.000°E﻿ / 27.317; 97.000﻿ (India)  India Arunachal Pradesh — for about 19 km 27°8′N 97°0′E﻿ / ﻿27.133°N 97.000°E﻿ / 27.133; 97.000﻿ (Myanmar)  Myanmar (Burma) 17°16′N 97°0′E﻿ / ﻿17.267°N 97.000°E﻿ / 17.267; 97.000﻿ (Indian Ocean) Indian Ocean Andaman Sea 5°15′N 97°0′E﻿ / ﻿5.250°N 97.000°E﻿ / 5.250; 97.000﻿ (Indonesia)  Indonesia Island of Sumatra 3°33′N 97°0′E﻿ / ﻿3.550°N 97.000°E﻿ / 3.550; 97.000﻿ (Indian Ocean) Indian Ocean Passing just west of the Banyak Islands, Indonesia (at 2°4′N 97°4′E﻿ / ﻿2.067°N 97.067°E﻿ / 2.067; 97.067﻿ (Banyak Islands)) Passing just west of the island of Nias, Indonesia (at 1°24′N 27°3′E﻿ / ﻿1.400°N 27.050°E﻿ / 1.400; 27.050﻿ (Nias)) Passing just east of the Cocos (Keeling) Islands (at 12°9′S 96°56′E﻿ / ﻿12.150°S 96.933°E﻿ / -12.150; 96.933﻿ (Cocos (Keeling) Islands)) 60°0′S 97°0′E﻿ / ﻿60.000°S 97.000°E﻿ / -60.000; 97.000﻿ (Southern Ocean) Southern Ocean 65°10′S 97°0′E﻿ / ﻿65.167°S 97.000°E﻿ / -65.167; 97.000﻿ (Antarctica) Antarctica Australian Antarctic Territory, claimed by Australia
  
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