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Line of longitude
June 2025
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The meridian 103° 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 103rd meridian east forms a great circle with the 77th meridian west.
From Pole to Pole
Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 103rd meridian east passes through:
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| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 90 0 N 103 0 E type:waterbody Arctic Ocean
! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Arctic Ocean
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| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 80 18 N 103 0 E type:waterbody Laptev Sea
! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Laptev Sea
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" |
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| 79 19 N 103 0 E type:country Russia
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| Krasnoyarsk Krai — Bolshevik Island, Severnaya Zemlya
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| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 78 11 N 103 0 E type:waterbody Kara Sea
! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Kara Sea
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|-valign="top"
| 77 33 N 103 0 E type:country Russia
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| Krasnoyarsk Krai Irkutsk Oblast — from 59 18 N 103 0 E type:adm1st Irkutsk Oblast Republic of Buryatia — from 51 54 N 103 0 E type:adm1st Buryatia
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| 50 18 N 103 0 E type:country Mongolia
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|-valign="top"
| 42 1 N 103 0 E type:country China
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| Inner Mongolia Gansu — from 39 6 N 103 0 E type:adm1st Gansu Qinghai — for about 7 km from 36 16 N 103 0 E type:adm1st Qinghai Gansu — from 36 12 N 103 0 E type:adm1st Gansu Sichuan — from 34 14 N 103 0 E type:adm1st Sichuan Yunnan — from 27 22 N 103 0 E type:adm1st Yunnan Sichuan — from 26 44 N 103 0 E type:adm1st Sichuan Yunnan — from 26 29 N 103 0 E type:adm1st Yunnan
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| 22 28 N 103 0 E type:country Vietnam
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| 21 4 N 103 0 E type:country Laos
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| 17 59 N 103 0 E type:country Thailand
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| 14 13 N 103 0 E type:country Cambodia
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| Mainland and island of Koh Kong
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| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 11 15 N 103 0 E type:waterbody Gulf of Thailand
! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Gulf of Thailand
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" |
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| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 6 58 N 103 0 E type:waterbody South China Sea
! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | South China Sea
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| 5 48 N 103 0 E type:country Malaysia
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| Redang Island
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| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 5 45 N 103 0 E type:waterbody Gulf of Thailand
! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Gulf of Thailand
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" |
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| 5 30 N 103 0 E type:country Malaysia
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| Passing just east of Batu Pahat, Johor at 1°51'N
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| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 1 45 N 103 0 E type:waterbody Strait of Malacca
! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Strait of Malacca
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| 1 4 N 103 0 E type:country Indonesia
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| Islands of Rangsang, Tebing Tinggi and Sumatra
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| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 4 31 S 103 0 E type:waterbody Indian Ocean
! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Indian Ocean
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" |
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| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 60 0 S 103 0 E type:waterbody Southern Ocean
! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Southern Ocean
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" |
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| 65 9 S 103 0 E type:country Antarctica
! scope="row" | Antarctica
| Australian Antarctic Territory, claimed by
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|}
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References
External links
103rd Meridian East https://web.archive.org/web/20170629032601/http://meridian103.com/ 2017-06-29 - Russian/English Magazine published in Singapore
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