103rd meridian east

The meridian 103° 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.

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103rd meridian east

The 103rd meridian east forms a great circle with the 77th meridian west.

From Pole to Pole

Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 103rd meridian east passes through:

Co-ordinates	Country, territory or sea	Notes
90°0′N 103°0′E	Arctic Ocean
80°18′N 103°0′E	Laptev Sea
79°19′N 103°0′E	Russia	Krasnoyarsk Krai — Bolshevik Island, Severnaya Zemlya
78°11′N 103°0′E	Kara Sea
77°33′N 103°0′E	Russia	Krasnoyarsk Krai Irkutsk Oblast — from 59°18′N 103°0′E Republic of Buryatia — from 51°54′N 103°0′E
50°18′N 103°0′E	Mongolia
42°1′N 103°0′E	People's Republic of China	Inner Mongolia Gansu — from 39°6′N 103°0′E Qinghai — for about 7 km from 36°16′N 103°0′E Gansu — from 36°12′N 103°0′E Sichuan — from 34°14′N 103°0′E Yunnan — from 27°22′N 103°0′E Sichuan — from 26°44′N 103°0′E Yunnan — from 26°29′N 103°0′E
22°28′N 103°0′E	Vietnam
21°4′N 103°0′E	Laos
17°59′N 103°0′E	Thailand
14°13′N 103°0′E	Cambodia	Mainland and island of Koh Kong
11°15′N 103°0′E	Gulf of Thailand
6°58′N 103°0′E	South China Sea
5°48′N 103°0′E	Malaysia	Redang Island
5°45′N 103°0′E	Gulf of Thailand
5°30′N 103°0′E	Malaysia	Passing just east of Batu Pahat, Johor at 1°51'N
1°45′N 103°0′E	Strait of Malacca
1°4′N 103°0′E	Indonesia	Islands of Rangsang, Tebing Tinggi and Sumatra
4°31′S 103°0′E	Indian Ocean
60°0′S 103°0′E	Southern Ocean
65°9′S 103°0′E	Antarctica	Australian Antarctic Territory, claimed by  Australia

Next westward: 102nd meridian east

103rd meridian east forms a great circle with 77th meridian west

Next eastward: 104th meridian east

External links

• 103rd Meridian East - Russian/English Magazine published in Singapore