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108th meridian east
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Line of longitude
June 2025
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The meridian 108° east of Greenwich is a line of longitudeWhat is longitude? https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/longitude.html oceanservice.noaa.gov 30 June 2025 en that extends from the North Pole across the Arctic Ocean, Asia, the Indian Ocean, the Southern Ocean, and Antarctica to the South Pole.
The 108th meridian east forms a great circle with the 72nd meridian west.
From Pole to Pole
Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 108th meridian east passes through:
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! scope="col" | Country, territory or sea
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| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 90 0 N 108 0 E type:waterbody Arctic Ocean
! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Arctic Ocean
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" |
|-valign="top"
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 79 44 N 108 0 E type:waterbody Laptev Sea
! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Laptev Sea
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Passing just east of Maly Taymyr Island, Krasnoyarsk Krai, (at 78 7 N 107 45 E type:isle Maly Taymyr Island) Passing just east of Ostrov Bol'shoy Island, Krasnoyarsk Krai, (at 77 18 N 107 45 E type:isle Ostrov Bol'shoy Island)
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| 76 55 N 108 0 E type:country Russia
! scope="row" |
| Krasnoyarsk Krai — Taymyr Peninsula
|-
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 76 54 N 108 0 E type:waterbody Faddey Bay
! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Faddey Bay
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" |
|-
| 76 31 N 108 0 E type:country Russia
! scope="row" |
| Krasnoyarsk Krai — Taymyr Peninsula
|-valign="top"
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 73 39 N 108 0 E type:waterbody Khatanga Gulf
! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Khatanga Gulf
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" |
|-valign="top"
| 73 12 N 108 0 E type:country Russia
! scope="row" |
| Krasnoyarsk Krai Sakha Republic — from 69 43 N 108 0 E type:adm1st Sakha Republic Krasnoyarsk Krai — from 64 11 N 108 0 E type:adm1st Krasnoyarsk Krai Irkutsk Oblast — from 64 1 N 108 0 E type:adm1st Irkutsk Oblast Republic of Buryatia — from 53 14 N 108 0 E type:adm1st Buryatia (border is in Lake Baikal) Zabaykalsky Krai — from 50 20 N 108 0 E type:adm1st Zabaykalsky Krai
|-
| 49 40 N 108 0 E type:country Mongolia
! scope="row" |
|
|-valign="top"
| 42 26 N 108 0 E type:country China
! scope="row" |
| Inner Mongolia Shaanxi – from 37 49 N 108 0 E type:adm1st Shaanxi Gansu – from 36 38 N 108 0 E type:adm1st Gansu Shaanxi – from 35 16 N 108 0 E type:adm1st Shaanxi Sichuan – from 32 8 N 108 0 E type:adm1st Sichuan Chongqing – from 30 1 N 108 0 E type:adm1st Chongqing Guizhou – from 29 2 N 108 0 E type:adm1st Guizhou Guangxi – from 25 11 N 108 0 E type:adm1st Guangxi
|-
| 21 33 N 108 0 E type:country Vietnam
! scope="row" |
| Quảng Ninh – for about 10 km
|-
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 21 27 N 108 0 E type:waterbody South China Sea
! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | South China Sea
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Gulf of Tonkin
|-valign="top"
| 16 18 N 108 0 E type:country Vietnam
! scope="row" |
| Thừa Thiên–Huế Da Nang – from 16 12 N 108 0 E type:adm1st Da Nang Quảng Nam – from 15 55 N 108 0 E type:adm1st Quảng Nam Kon Tum – from 15 0 N 108 0 E type:adm1st Kon Tum Gia Lai – from 14 15 N 108 0 E type:adm1st Gia Lai Đắk Lắk – from 13 23 N 108 0 E type:adm1st Đắk Lắk Đắk Nông – from 12 18 N 108 0 E type:adm1st Đắk NôngLâm Đồng – from 12 7 N 108 0 E type:adm1st Lâm Đồng Đắk Nông – from 12 3 N 108 0 E type:adm1st Đắk Nông Lâm Đồng – from 11 48 N 108 0 E type:adm1st Lâm Đồng Bình Thuận – from 11 20 N 108 0 E type:adm1st Bình Thuận
|-
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 10 42 N 108 0 E type:waterbody South China Sea
! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | South China Sea
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" |
|-
| 4 2 N 108 0 E type:country Indonesia
! scope="row" |
| Island of Natuna Besar
|-
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 3 56 N 108 0 E type:waterbody South China Sea
! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | South China Sea
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" |
|-
| 2 35 S 108 0 E type:country Indonesia
! scope="row" |
| Island of Belitung
|-
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 3 15 S 108 0 E type:waterbody Java Sea
! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Java Sea
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" |
|-
| 6 17 S 108 0 E type:country Indonesia
! scope="row" |
| Island of Java
|-
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 7 44 S 108 0 E type:waterbody Indian Ocean
! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Indian Ocean
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" |
|-
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 60 0 S 108 0 E type:waterbody Southern Ocean
! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Southern Ocean
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" |
|-
| 66 35 S 108 0 E type:country Antarctica
! scope="row" | Antarctica
| Australian Antarctic Territory, claimed by
|-
|}
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