99th meridian east explained

The meridian 99° 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 99th meridian east forms a great circle with the 81st meridian west.

From Pole to Pole

Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 99th meridian east passes through:

Co-ordinatesCountry, territory or seaNotes
Arctic Ocean
Laptev Sea
Krasnoyarsk KraiOctober Revolution Island, Severnaya Zemlya
Kara Sea
Krasnoyarsk Krai
Irkutsk Oblast — from
Tuva Republic — from
Republic of Buryatia — from
Inner Mongolia
Gansu — from
Qinghai — from
Sichuan — from
Tibet — from
Sichuan — for about 9 km from
Tibet — from
Yunnan — for about 12 km from
Tibet — for about 7 km from
Yunnan — from
(Burma)
Passing through Chiang Mai at around 18°48'N
(Burma)
Strait of MalaccaPassing just west of Ko Lanta Yai island, (at)
Passing just west of Ko Rawi island, (at)
Island of Sumatra
Indian OceanPassing just east of the island of Pini, (at)
Island of Siberut
Indian Ocean
Southern Ocean
AntarcticaAustralian Antarctic Territory, claimed by