The meridian 85° 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 85th meridian east forms a great circle with the 95th meridian west.
Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 85th meridian east passes through:
Co-ordinates | Country, territory or sea | Notes |
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90°0′N 85°0′E / 90.000°N 85.000°E | Arctic Ocean | |
81°8′N 85°0′E / 81.133°N 85.000°E | Kara Sea | |
74°35′N 85°0′E / 74.583°N 85.000°E | Russia | Krasnoyarsk Krai — Plavnikovyye Islands |
74°17′N 85°0′E / 74.283°N 85.000°E | Kara Sea | |
73°42′N 85°0′E / 73.700°N 85.000°E | Russia | Krasnoyarsk Krai Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug — from 64°56′N 85°0′E / 64.933°N 85.000°E Krasnoyarsk Krai — from 64°53′N 85°0′E / 64.883°N 85.000°E Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug — from 64°50′N 85°0′E / 64.833°N 85.000°E Krasnoyarsk Krai — from 62°36′N 85°0′E / 62.600°N 85.000°E Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug — from 61°46′N 85°0′E / 61.767°N 85.000°E Krasnoyarsk Krai — from 61°5′N 85°0′E / 61.083°N 85.000°E Tomsk Oblast — from 59°53′N 85°0′E / 59.883°N 85.000°E Kemerovo Oblast — from 56°6′N 85°0′E / 56.100°N 85.000°E Novosibirsk Oblast — from 54°55′N 85°0′E / 54.917°N 85.000°E Kemerovo Oblast — from 54°48′N 85°0′E / 54.800°N 85.000°E Novosibirsk Oblast — from 54°33′N 85°0′E / 54.550°N 85.000°E Altai Krai — from 54°24′N 85°0′E / 54.400°N 85.000°E Altai Republic — from 51°30′N 85°0′E / 51.500°N 85.000°E |
50°3′N 85°0′E / 50.050°N 85.000°E | Kazakhstan | For about 6 km |
50°0′N 85°0′E / 50.000°N 85.000°E | Russia | Altai Republic — for about 11 km |
49°54′N 85°0′E / 49.900°N 85.000°E | Kazakhstan | |
46°55′N 85°0′E / 46.917°N 85.000°E | People's Republic of China | Xinjiang Tibet — from 35°44′N 85°0′E / 35.733°N 85.000°E |
28°36′N 85°0′E / 28.600°N 85.000°E | Nepal | |
26°54′N 85°0′E / 26.900°N 85.000°E | India | Bihar Jharkhand — from 24°25′N 85°0′E / 24.417°N 85.000°E Odisha — from 22°28′N 85°0′E / 22.467°N 85.000°E Jharkhand — from 22°6′N 85°0′E / 22.100°N 85.000°E Odisha — from 22°4′N 85°0′E / 22.067°N 85.000°E |
19°19′N 85°0′E / 19.317°N 85.000°E | Indian Ocean | |
60°0′S 85°0′E / 60.000°S 85.000°E | Southern Ocean | |
66°21′S 85°0′E / 66.350°S 85.000°E | Antarctica | Australian Antarctic Territory, claimed by Australia |