title: 78th meridian east
text: # 78th meridian east
  
  The meridian 78° 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 78th meridian east forms a great circle with the 102nd meridian west.
  
  ## From Pole to Pole
  
  Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 78th meridian east passes through:
  
      Co-ordinates Country, territory or sea Notes 90°0′N 78°0′E﻿ / ﻿90.000°N 78.000°E﻿ / 90.000; 78.000﻿ (Arctic Ocean) Arctic Ocean 81°7′N 78°0′E﻿ / ﻿81.117°N 78.000°E﻿ / 81.117; 78.000﻿ (Kara Sea) Kara Sea Passing just east of Vize Island, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia 72°35′N 78°0′E﻿ / ﻿72.583°N 78.000°E﻿ / 72.583; 78.000﻿ (Russia)  Russia Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug — Oleniy Island and Gydan Peninsula 72°6′N 78°0′E﻿ / ﻿72.100°N 78.000°E﻿ / 72.100; 78.000﻿ (Yuratski Bay) Yuratski Bay 71°51′N 78°0′E﻿ / ﻿71.850°N 78.000°E﻿ / 71.850; 78.000﻿ (Russia)  Russia Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug — Gydan Peninsula 71°15′N 78°0′E﻿ / ﻿71.250°N 78.000°E﻿ / 71.250; 78.000﻿ (Khalmyer Bay) Khalmyer Bay 70°56′N 78°0′E﻿ / ﻿70.933°N 78.000°E﻿ / 70.933; 78.000﻿ (Russia)  Russia Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug — Gydan Peninsula 68°22′N 78°0′E﻿ / ﻿68.367°N 78.000°E﻿ / 68.367; 78.000﻿ (Taz Estuary) Taz Estuary 68°13′N 78°0′E﻿ / ﻿68.217°N 78.000°E﻿ / 68.217; 78.000﻿ (Russia)  Russia Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug — Gydan Peninsula 67°40′N 78°0′E﻿ / ﻿67.667°N 78.000°E﻿ / 67.667; 78.000﻿ (Taz Estuary) Taz Estuary 67°31′N 78°0′E﻿ / ﻿67.517°N 78.000°E﻿ / 67.517; 78.000﻿ (Russia)  Russia Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug — from 62°30′N 78°0′E﻿ / ﻿62.500°N 78.000°E﻿ / 62.500; 78.000﻿ (Khanti-Mansi Autonomous Okrug) Tomsk Oblast — from 60°45′N 78°0′E﻿ / ﻿60.750°N 78.000°E﻿ / 60.750; 78.000﻿ (Tomsk Oblast) Novosibirsk Oblast — from 57°10′N 78°0′E﻿ / ﻿57.167°N 78.000°E﻿ / 57.167; 78.000﻿ (Novosibirsk Oblast) Altai Krai — from 53°35′N 78°0′E﻿ / ﻿53.583°N 78.000°E﻿ / 53.583; 78.000﻿ (Altai Krai) 53°11′N 78°0′E﻿ / ﻿53.183°N 78.000°E﻿ / 53.183; 78.000﻿ (Kazakhstan)  Kazakhstan Pavlodar Region East Kazakhstan Region Almaty Region passing through Lake Balkhash 42°52′N 78°0′E﻿ / ﻿42.867°N 78.000°E﻿ / 42.867; 78.000﻿ (Kyrgyzstan)  Kyrgyzstan Issyk-Kul Region passing through Issyk Kul lake 41°4′N 78°0′E﻿ / ﻿41.067°N 78.000°E﻿ / 41.067; 78.000﻿ (China)  People's Republic of China Xinjiang 35°35′N 78°0′E﻿ / ﻿35.583°N 78.000°E﻿ / 35.583; 78.000﻿ (Aksai Chin) Aksai Chin Disputed between India and People's Republic of China - for about 11 km 35°29′N 78°0′E﻿ / ﻿35.483°N 78.000°E﻿ / 35.483; 78.000﻿ (India)  India Ladakh — claimed by Pakistan Himachal Pradesh — from 32°37′N 78°0′E﻿ / ﻿32.617°N 78.000°E﻿ / 32.617; 78.000﻿ (Himachal Pradesh) Uttarakhand — from 31°10′N 78°0′E﻿ / ﻿31.167°N 78.000°E﻿ / 31.167; 78.000﻿ (Uttarakhand) Uttar Pradesh — from 29°34′N 78°0′E﻿ / ﻿29.567°N 78.000°E﻿ / 29.567; 78.000﻿ (Uttar Pradesh), passing through Agra Rajasthan — from 26°55′N 78°0′E﻿ / ﻿26.917°N 78.000°E﻿ / 26.917; 78.000﻿ (Rajashtan) Madhya Pradesh — from 26°42′N 78°0′E﻿ / ﻿26.700°N 78.000°E﻿ / 26.700; 78.000﻿ (Madhya Pradesh) Maharashtra — from 21°25′N 78°0′E﻿ / ﻿21.417°N 78.000°E﻿ / 21.417; 78.000﻿ (Maharashtra) Telangana — from 19°18′N 78°0′E﻿ / ﻿19.300°N 78.000°E﻿ / 19.300; 78.000﻿ (Telangana) Andhra Pradesh — from 15°52′N 78°0′E﻿ / ﻿15.867°N 78.000°E﻿ / 15.867; 78.000﻿ (Andhra Pradesh) Karnataka — from 13°52′N 78°0′E﻿ / ﻿13.867°N 78.000°E﻿ / 13.867; 78.000﻿ (Karnataka) Tamil Nadu — from 12°48′N 78°0′E﻿ / ﻿12.800°N 78.000°E﻿ / 12.800; 78.000﻿ (Tamil Nadu), passing 8 km west of Madurai 8°20′N 78°0′E﻿ / ﻿8.333°N 78.000°E﻿ / 8.333; 78.000﻿ (Indian Ocean) Indian Ocean 60°0′S 78°0′E﻿ / ﻿60.000°S 78.000°E﻿ / -60.000; 78.000﻿ (Southern Ocean) Southern Ocean 69°7′S 78°0′E﻿ / ﻿69.117°S 78.000°E﻿ / -69.117; 78.000﻿ (Antarctica) Antarctica Australian Antarctic Territory, claimed by Australia
  