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Line of longitude
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The meridian 101° 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 101st meridian east forms a great circle with the 79th meridian west.
From Pole to Pole
Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 101st meridian east passes through:
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| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 90 0 N 101 0 E type:waterbody Arctic Ocean
! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Arctic Ocean
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" |
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| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 80 32 N 101 0 E type:waterbody Laptev Sea
! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Laptev Sea
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" |
|-
| 78 57 N 101 0 E type:country Russia
! scope="row" |
| Krasnoyarsk Krai — Bolshevik Island, Severnaya Zemlya
|-
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 78 6 N 101 0 E type:waterbody Kara Sea
! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Kara Sea
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" |
|-valign="top"
| 76 32 N 101 0 E type:country Russia
! scope="row" |
| Krasnoyarsk Krai Irkutsk Oblast — from 57 52 N 101 0 E type:adm1st_region:RU Irkutsk Oblast Republic of Buryatia — from 52 47 N 101 0 E type:adm1st_region:RU Buryatia
|-
| 51 36 N 101 0 E type:country Mongolia
! scope="row" |
|
|-valign="top"
| 42 38 N 101 0 E type:country China
! scope="row" |
| Inner Mongolia Gansu — from 38 59 N 101 0 E type:adm1st Gansu Qinghai — from 37 56 N 101 0 E type:adm1st Qinghai Gansu — from 34 22 N 101 0 E type:adm1st Gansu Qinghai — from 33 57 N 101 0 E type:adm1st Qinghai Sichuan — from 32 38 N 101 0 E type:adm1st Sichuan Yunnan — from 27 23 N 101 0 E type:adm1st Yunnan
|-
| 21 42 N 101 0 E type:country Myanmar
! scope="row" | (Burma)
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| 21 23 N 101 0 E type:country Laos
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| 19 37 N 101 0 E type:country Thailand
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| 17 49 N 101 0 E type:country Laos
! scope="row" |
| For about 2 km
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| 17 48 N 101 0 E type:country Thailand
! scope="row" |
| For about 3 km
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| 17 46 N 101 0 E type:country Laos
! scope="row" |
| For about 4 km
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| 17 44 N 101 0 E type:country Thailand
! scope="row" |
| For about 13 km
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| 17 37 N 101 0 E type:country Laos
! scope="row" |
| For about 5 km
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| 17 34 N 101 0 E type:country Thailand
! scope="row" |
|
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| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 12 39 N 101 0 E type:waterbody Gulf of Thailand
! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Gulf of Thailand
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" |
|-
| 6 51 N 101 0 E type:country Thailand
! scope="row" |
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| 6 16 N 101 0 E type:country Malaysia
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| 5 50 N 101 0 E type:country Thailand
! scope="row" |
| For about 6 km
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| 5 46 N 101 0 E type:country Malaysia
! scope="row" |
| Passing just west of Ipoh at 4°37'N
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| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 3 39 N 101 0 E type:waterbody Strait of Malacca
! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Strait of Malacca
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" |
|-
| 2 18 N 101 0 E type:country Indonesia
! scope="row" |
| Island of Sumatra
|-
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 2 27 S 101 0 E type:waterbody Indian Ocean
! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Indian Ocean
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" |
|-
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 60 0 S 101 0 E type:waterbody Southern Ocean
! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Southern Ocean
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" |
|-
| 65 24 S 101 0 E type:country Antarctica
! scope="row" | Antarctica
| Australian Antarctic Territory, claimed by
|-
|}
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