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 |
---|---|---|
90°0′N 79°0′E / 90.000°N 79.000°E | Arctic Ocean | |
81°7′N 79°0′E / 81.117°N 79.000°E | Kara Sea | Passing just west of Ushakov Island, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia Passing just west of Uyedineniya Island, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia |
73°15′N 79°0′E / 73.250°N 79.000°E | Russia | Krasnoyarsk Krai — Nosok Island |
73°14′N 79°0′E / 73.233°N 79.000°E | Kara Sea | |
73°1′N 79°0′E / 73.017°N 79.000°E | Russia | Krasnoyarsk Krai — Sibiryakov Island |
72°44′N 79°0′E / 72.733°N 79.000°E | Kara Sea | Yenisei Gulf |
72°22′N 79°0′E / 72.367°N 79.000°E | Russia | Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug Krasnoyarsk Krai — from 69°53′N 79°0′E / 69.883°N 79.000°E Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug — from 69°50′N 79°0′E / 69.833°N 79.000°E Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug — from 62°36′N 79°0′E / 62.600°N 79.000°E Tomsk Oblast — from 60°48′N 79°0′E / 60.800°N 79.000°E Novosibirsk Oblast — from 57°2′N 79°0′E / 57.033°N 79.000°E Altai Krai — from 53°40′N 79°0′E / 53.667°N 79.000°E |
52°7′N 79°0′E / 52.117°N 79.000°E | Kazakhstan | Passing through Lake Balkhash |
42°47′N 79°0′E / 42.783°N 79.000°E | Kyrgyzstan | |
41°39′N 79°0′E / 41.650°N 79.000°E | People's Republic of China | Xinjiang |
35°55′N 79°0′E / 35.917°N 79.000°E | Aksai Chin | Disputed between India and People's Republic of China |
34°1′N 79°0′E / 34.017°N 79.000°E | People's Republic of China | Tibet |
33°48′N 79°0′E / 33.800°N 79.000°E | Aksai Chin | Disputed between India and People's Republic of China |
33°36′N 79°0′E / 33.600°N 79.000°E | People's Republic of China | Tibet |
33°20′N 79°0′E / 33.333°N 79.000°E | India | Ladakh |
32°22′N 79°0′E / 32.367°N 79.000°E | People's Republic of China | Tibet |
31°20′N 79°0′E / 31.333°N 79.000°E | Aksai Chin | Disputed between India and People's Republic of China |
31°3′N 79°0′E / 31.050°N 79.000°E | India | Uttarakhand Uttar Pradesh — from 29°7′N 79°0′E / 29.117°N 79.000°E Madhya Pradesh — from 26°35′N 79°0′E / 26.583°N 79.000°E Uttar Pradesh — from 26°12′N 79°0′E / 26.200°N 79.000°E Madhya Pradesh — from 25°17′N 79°0′E / 25.283°N 79.000°E Maharashtra — from 21°36′N 79°0′E / 21.600°N 79.000°E, passing 9km west of Nagpur Telangana — from 19°33′N 79°0′E / 19.550°N 79.000°E Andhra Pradesh — from 16°14′N 79°0′E / 16.233°N 79.000°E Tamil Nadu — from 13°5′N 79°0′E / 13.083°N 79.000°E Andhra Pradesh — from 13°3′N 79°0′E / 13.050°N 79.000°E Tamil Nadu — from 13°2′N 79°0′E / 13.033°N 79.000°E |
9°42′N 79°0′E / 9.700°N 79.000°E | Indian Ocean | Palk Strait |
9°21′N 79°0′E / 9.350°N 79.000°E | India | Tamil Nadu |
9°16′N 79°0′E / 9.267°N 79.000°E | Indian Ocean | |
60°0′S 79°0′E / 60.000°S 79.000°E | Southern Ocean | |
68°17′S 79°0′E / 68.283°S 79.000°E | Antarctica | Australian Antarctic Territory, claimed by Australia |