The meridian 108° 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 108th meridian east forms a great circle with the 72nd meridian west.
Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 108th meridian east passes through:
Co-ordinates | Country, territory or sea | Notes |
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90°0′N 108°0′E / 90.000°N 108.000°E | Arctic Ocean | |
79°44′N 108°0′E / 79.733°N 108.000°E | Laptev Sea | Passing just east of Maly Taymyr Island, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia (at 78°7′N 107°45′E / 78.117°N 107.750°E) Passing just east of Ostrov Bol'shoy Island, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia (at 77°18′N 107°45′E / 77.300°N 107.750°E) |
76°55′N 108°0′E / 76.917°N 108.000°E | Russia | Krasnoyarsk Krai — Taymyr Peninsula |
76°54′N 108°0′E / 76.900°N 108.000°E | Faddey Bay | |
76°31′N 108°0′E / 76.517°N 108.000°E | Russia | Krasnoyarsk Krai — Taymyr Peninsula |
73°39′N 108°0′E / 73.650°N 108.000°E | Khatanga Gulf | |
73°12′N 108°0′E / 73.200°N 108.000°E | Russia | Krasnoyarsk Krai Sakha Republic — from 69°43′N 108°0′E / 69.717°N 108.000°E Krasnoyarsk Krai — from 64°11′N 108°0′E / 64.183°N 108.000°E Irkutsk Oblast — from 64°1′N 108°0′E / 64.017°N 108.000°E Republic of Buryatia — from 53°14′N 108°0′E / 53.233°N 108.000°E (border is in Lake Baikal) Zabaykalsky Krai — from 50°20′N 108°0′E / 50.333°N 108.000°E |
49°40′N 108°0′E / 49.667°N 108.000°E | Mongolia | |
42°26′N 108°0′E / 42.433°N 108.000°E | People's Republic of China | Inner Mongolia Shaanxi – from 37°49′N 108°0′E / 37.817°N 108.000°E Gansu – from 36°38′N 108°0′E / 36.633°N 108.000°E Shaanxi – from 35°16′N 108°0′E / 35.267°N 108.000°E Sichuan – from 32°8′N 108°0′E / 32.133°N 108.000°E Chongqing – from 30°1′N 108°0′E / 30.017°N 108.000°E Guizhou – from 29°2′N 108°0′E / 29.033°N 108.000°E Guangxi – from 25°11′N 108°0′E / 25.183°N 108.000°E |
21°33′N 108°0′E / 21.550°N 108.000°E | Vietnam | Quảng Ninh – for about 10 km |
21°27′N 108°0′E / 21.450°N 108.000°E | South China Sea | Gulf of Tonkin |
16°18′N 108°0′E / 16.300°N 108.000°E | Vietnam | Thừa Thiên–Huế Da Nang – from 16°12′N 108°0′E / 16.200°N 108.000°E Quảng Nam – from 15°55′N 108°0′E / 15.917°N 108.000°E Kon Tum – from 15°0′N 108°0′E / 15.000°N 108.000°E Gia Lai – from 14°15′N 108°0′E / 14.250°N 108.000°E Đắk Lắk – from 13°23′N 108°0′E / 13.383°N 108.000°E Đắk Nông – from 12°18′N 108°0′E / 12.300°N 108.000°E Lâm Đồng – from 12°7′N 108°0′E / 12.117°N 108.000°E Đắk Nông – from 12°3′N 108°0′E / 12.050°N 108.000°E Lâm Đồng – from 11°48′N 108°0′E / 11.800°N 108.000°E Bình Thuận – from 11°20′N 108°0′E / 11.333°N 108.000°E |
10°42′N 108°0′E / 10.700°N 108.000°E | South China Sea | |
4°2′N 108°0′E / 4.033°N 108.000°E | Indonesia | Island of Natuna Besar |
3°56′N 108°0′E / 3.933°N 108.000°E | South China Sea | |
2°35′S 108°0′E / 2.583°S 108.000°E | Indonesia | Island of Belitung |
3°15′S 108°0′E / 3.250°S 108.000°E | Java Sea | |
6°17′S 108°0′E / 6.283°S 108.000°E | Indonesia | Island of Java |
7°44′S 108°0′E / 7.733°S 108.000°E | Indian Ocean | |
60°0′S 108°0′E / 60.000°S 108.000°E | Southern Ocean | |
66°35′S 108°0′E / 66.583°S 108.000°E | Antarctica | Australian Antarctic Territory, claimed by Australia |
Next westward: 107th meridian east |
108th meridian east forms a great circle with 72nd meridian west |
Next eastward: 109th meridian east |