98th meridian east

The meridian 98° east of Greenwich is a longitude line extending from the North Pole across the Arctic Ocean, Asia, the Indian Ocean, the Southern Ocean, and Antarctica to the South Pole.

Line across the Earth
98°
98th meridian east

The 98th meridian east forms a great circle with the 82nd meridian west.

From Pole to Pole

Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 98th meridian east passes through:

Co-ordinates Country, territory or sea Notes
90°0′N 98°0′E Arctic Ocean
80°41′N 98°0′E  Russia Krasnoyarsk Krai — Komsomolets Island, Severnaya Zemlya
80°38′N 98°0′E Laptev Sea
80°6′N 98°0′E  Russia Krasnoyarsk Krai — October Revolution Island, Severnaya Zemlya
78°49′N 98°0′E Kara Sea
76°7′N 98°0′E  Russia Krasnoyarsk Krai
Irkutsk Oblast — from 57°50′N 98°0′E
Tuva Republic — from 53°17′N 98°0′E
51°23′N 98°0′E  Mongolia
50°53′N 98°0′E  Russia Tuva Republic — For about 5 km
50°50′N 98°0′E  Mongolia For about 13 km
50°43′N 98°0′E  Russia Tuva Republic
50°2′N 98°0′E  Mongolia
42°41′N 98°0′E  People's Republic of China Inner Mongolia
Gansu — from 41°5′N 98°0′E
Qinghai — from 38°50′N 98°0′E
Sichuan — from 33°57′N 98°0′E
Tibet — from 32°24′N 98°0′E
28°17′N 98°0′E  Myanmar (Burma)
25°16′N 98°0′E  People's Republic of China Yunnan
24°3′N 98°0′E  Myanmar (Burma)
19°38′N 98°0′E  Thailand
17°30′N 98°0′E  Myanmar (Burma)
14°17′N 98°0′E Indian Ocean Andaman Sea
12°23′N 98°0′E  Myanmar (Burma) Islands in the Mergui Archipelago, including Thayawthadangyi
11°57′N 98°0′E Indian Ocean Andaman Sea
11°27′N 98°0′E  Myanmar (Burma) Islands in the Mergui Archipelago
11°19′N 98°0′E Indian Ocean Andaman Sea — passing just west of the island of Lanbi Kyun,  Myanmar (at 10°53′N 98°4′E)
10°33′N 98°0′E  Myanmar (Burma) Islands in the Mergui Archipelago
10°19′N 98°0′E Indian Ocean Andaman Sea — passing just west of the island of Zadetkyi Kyun,  Myanmar (at 9°54′N 98°7′E)
Strait of Malacca – from 7°32′N 98°0′E
4°37′N 98°0′E  Indonesia Island of Sumatra
2°14′N 98°0′E Indian Ocean Passing just east of the island of Nias,  Indonesia (at 0°57′N 97°55′E)
Passing just west of the Batu Islands,  Indonesia (at 0°3′S 98°14′E)
60°0′S 98°0′E Southern Ocean
65°33′S 98°0′E Antarctica Australian Antarctic Territory, claimed by  Australia
Next westward:
97th meridian east		 98th meridian east
forms a great circle with
82nd meridian west		 Next eastward:
99th meridian east
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