The meridian 79° 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 79th meridian east forms a great circle with the 101st meridian west.
Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 79th meridian east passes through:
Co-ordinates | Country, territory or sea | Notes |
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Arctic Ocean | ||
Kara Sea | Passing just west of Ushakov Island, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Passing just west of Uyedineniya Island, Krasnoyarsk Krai, | |
Krasnoyarsk Krai — Nosok Island | ||
Kara Sea | ||
Krasnoyarsk Krai — Sibiryakov Island | ||
Kara Sea | Yenisei Gulf | |
Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug Krasnoyarsk Krai — from Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug — from Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug — from Tomsk Oblast — from Novosibirsk Oblast — from Altai Krai — from | ||
Passing through Lake Balkhash | ||
Xinjiang | ||
Aksai Chin | Disputed between and | |
Tibet | ||
Aksai Chin | Disputed between and | |
Tibet | ||
Ladakh | ||
Tibet | ||
Aksai Chin | Disputed between and | |
Uttarakhand Uttar Pradesh — from Madhya Pradesh — from Uttar Pradesh — from Madhya Pradesh — from Maharashtra — from, passing 9km west of Nagpur Telangana — from Andhra Pradesh — from Tamil Nadu — from Andhra Pradesh — from Tamil Nadu — from | ||
Indian Ocean | Palk Strait | |
Tamil Nadu | ||
Indian Ocean | ||
Southern Ocean | ||
Antarctica | Australian Antarctic Territory, claimed by | |