The meridian 106° 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 106th meridian east forms a great circle with the 74th meridian west.
Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 106th meridian east passes through:
Co-ordinates | Country, territory or sea | Notes |
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Arctic Ocean | ||
Laptev Sea | Passing just west of Starokadomsky Island, Krasnoyarsk Krai, (at) | |
Krasnoyarsk Krai | ||
Laptev Sea | ||
Krasnoyarsk Krai Sakha Republic — from Krasnoyarsk Krai — from Sakha Republic — from Krasnoyarsk Krai — from Irkutsk Oblast — from Republic of Buryatia — from (border is in Lake Baikal) | ||
Inner Mongolia Ningxia – from Gansu – for about 5 km from Ningxia – for about 4 km from Gansu – from Shaanxi – from Sichuan – from Chongqing – from Sichuan – from Guizhou – from Sichuan – from Guizhou – from Guangxi – from Yunnan – from Guangxi – from | ||
South China Sea | Gulf of Tonkin | |
South China Sea | Passing through the Anambas Islands, (at) | |
Islands of Bangka and Sumatra | ||
Java Sea | ||
Island of Java | ||
Indian Ocean | Passing just east of (at) | |
Southern Ocean | ||
Antarctica | Australian Antarctic Territory, claimed by | |