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.
Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 83rd meridian east passes through:
Co-ordinates | Country, territory or sea | Notes |
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90°0′N 83°0′E / 90.000°N 83.000°E | Arctic Ocean | |
81°8′N 83°0′E / 81.133°N 83.000°E | Kara Sea | Passing just east of Uyedineniya Island (at 77°28′N 82°40′E / 77.467°N 82.667°E) |
75°58′N 83°0′E / 75.967°N 83.000°E | Russia | Krasnoyarsk Krai — Troynoy Island |
75°55′N 83°0′E / 75.917°N 83.000°E | Kara Sea | |
74°5′N 83°0′E / 74.083°N 83.000°E | Russia | Krasnoyarsk Krai — Vostochnyy Island |
74°4′N 83°0′E / 74.067°N 83.000°E | Kara Sea | |
73°38′N 83°0′E / 73.633°N 83.000°E | Russia | Krasnoyarsk Krai Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug — from 66°53′N 83°0′E / 66.883°N 83.000°E Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug — from 62°36′N 83°0′E / 62.600°N 83.000°E Tomsk Oblast — from 60°58′N 83°0′E / 60.967°N 83.000°E Novosibirsk Oblast — from 56°31′N 83°0′E / 56.517°N 83.000°E Altai Krai — from 53°57′N 83°0′E / 53.950°N 83.000°E |
50°54′N 83°0′E / 50.900°N 83.000°E | Kazakhstan | |
47°5′N 83°0′E / 47.083°N 83.000°E | People's Republic of China | Xinjiang Tibet — from 35°29′N 83°0′E / 35.483°N 83.000°E |
29°40′N 83°0′E / 29.667°N 83.000°E | Nepal | |
27°27′N 83°0′E / 27.450°N 83.000°E | India | Uttar Pradesh Chhattisgarh — from 23°52′N 83°0′E / 23.867°N 83.000°E Odisha — from 21°9′N 83°0′E / 21.150°N 83.000°E Andhra Pradesh — from 18°23′N 83°0′E / 18.383°N 83.000°E |
17°29′N 83°0′E / 17.483°N 83.000°E | Indian Ocean | |
60°0′S 83°0′E / 60.000°S 83.000°E | Southern Ocean | |
66°15′S 83°0′E / 66.250°S 83.000°E | Antarctica | Australian Antarctic Territory, claimed by Australia |