83rd meridian east explained

The meridian 83° 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 83rd meridian east forms a great circle with the 97th meridian west.

From Pole to Pole

Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 83rd meridian east passes through:

Co-ordinatesCountry, territory or seaNotes
Arctic Ocean
Kara SeaPassing just east of Uyedineniya Island (at)
Krasnoyarsk KraiTroynoy Island
Kara Sea
Krasnoyarsk KraiVostochnyy Island
Kara Sea
Krasnoyarsk Krai
Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug — from
Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug — from
Tomsk Oblast — from
Novosibirsk Oblast — from
Altai Krai — from
Xinjiang
Tibet — from
Uttar Pradesh
Chhattisgarh — from
Odisha — from
Andhra Pradesh — from
Indian Ocean
Southern Ocean
AntarcticaAustralian Antarctic Territory, claimed by

See also