The meridian 80° 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 80th meridian east forms a great circle with the 100th meridian west.
There is also an 80 Degrees East cafe in Nanganallur, Chennai, India named after this longitude.[1]
Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 80th meridian east passes through:
Co-ordinates | Country, territory or sea | Notes |
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90°0′N 80°0′E / 90.000°N 80.000°E | Arctic Ocean | |
81°7′N 80°0′E / 81.117°N 80.000°E | Kara Sea | |
80°58′N 80°0′E / 80.967°N 80.000°E | Russia | Krasnoyarsk Krai — Ushakov Island |
80°50′N 80°0′E / 80.833°N 80.000°E | Kara Sea | Passing just west of Dikson Island, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia |
72°11′N 80°0′E / 72.183°N 80.000°E | Russia | Krasnoyarsk Krai Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug — from 71°8′N 80°0′E / 71.133°N 80.000°E Krasnoyarsk Krai — from 70°19′N 80°0′E / 70.317°N 80.000°E Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug — from 69°22′N 80°0′E / 69.367°N 80.000°E Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug — from 62°48′N 80°0′E / 62.800°N 80.000°E Tomsk Oblast — from 60°40′N 80°0′E / 60.667°N 80.000°E Novosibirsk Oblast — from 56°37′N 80°0′E / 56.617°N 80.000°E Altai Krai — from 53°57′N 80°0′E / 53.950°N 80.000°E |
50°51′N 80°0′E / 50.850°N 80.000°E | Kazakhstan | |
44°58′N 80°0′E / 44.967°N 80.000°E | People's Republic of China | Xinjiang – for about 18 km |
44°48′N 80°0′E / 44.800°N 80.000°E | Kazakhstan | |
42°22′N 80°0′E / 42.367°N 80.000°E | Kyrgyzstan | |
42°2′N 80°0′E / 42.033°N 80.000°E | People's Republic of China | Xinjiang |
35°27′N 80°0′E / 35.450°N 80.000°E | Aksai Chin | Disputed between India and People's Republic of China |
34°39′N 80°0′E / 34.650°N 80.000°E | People's Republic of China | Tibet |
30°52′N 80°0′E / 30.867°N 80.000°E | Aksai Chin | Disputed between India and People's Republic of China – for about 4 km |
30°50′N 80°0′E / 30.833°N 80.000°E | India | Uttarakhand Uttar Pradesh — from 28°43′N 80°0′E / 28.717°N 80.000°E Madhya Pradesh — from 25°17′N 80°0′E / 25.283°N 80.000°E Maharashtra — from 21°32′N 80°0′E / 21.533°N 80.000°E Telangana — from 18°46′N 80°0′E / 18.767°N 80.000°E Andhra Pradesh — from 16°42′N 80°0′E / 16.700°N 80.000°E Tamil Nadu — from 13°29′N 80°0′E / 13.483°N 80.000°E |
12°14′N 80°0′E / 12.233°N 80.000°E | Indian Ocean | Bay of Bengal |
9°48′N 80°0′E / 9.800°N 80.000°E | Sri Lanka | Jaffna Peninsula |
9°36′N 80°0′E / 9.600°N 80.000°E | Indian Ocean | Palk Strait |
9°0′N 80°0′E / 9.000°N 80.000°E | Sri Lanka | |
6°24′N 80°0′E / 6.400°N 80.000°E | Indian Ocean | |
60°0′S 80°0′E / 60.000°S 80.000°E | Southern Ocean | |
68°2′S 80°0′E / 68.033°S 80.000°E | Antarctica | Australian Antarctic Territory, claimed by Australia |