# 98th meridian east

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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.
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 / ﻿90.000°N 98.000°E﻿ / 90.000; 98.000﻿ (Arctic Ocean) Arctic Ocean 80°41′N 98°0′E﻿ / ﻿80.683°N 98.000°E﻿ / 80.683; 98.000﻿ (Russia)  Russia Krasnoyarsk Krai — Komsomolets Island, Severnaya Zemlya 80°38′N 98°0′E﻿ / ﻿80.633°N 98.000°E﻿ / 80.633; 98.000﻿ (Laptev Sea) Laptev Sea 80°6′N 98°0′E﻿ / ﻿80.100°N 98.000°E﻿ / 80.100; 98.000﻿ (Russia)  Russia Krasnoyarsk Krai — October Revolution Island, Severnaya Zemlya 78°49′N 98°0′E﻿ / ﻿78.817°N 98.000°E﻿ / 78.817; 98.000﻿ (Kara Sea) Kara Sea 76°7′N 98°0′E﻿ / ﻿76.117°N 98.000°E﻿ / 76.117; 98.000﻿ (Russia)  Russia Krasnoyarsk Krai Irkutsk Oblast — from 57°50′N 98°0′E﻿ / ﻿57.833°N 98.000°E﻿ / 57.833; 98.000﻿ (Irkutsk Oblast) Tuva Republic — from 53°17′N 98°0′E﻿ / ﻿53.283°N 98.000°E﻿ / 53.283; 98.000﻿ (Tuva Republic) 51°23′N 98°0′E﻿ / ﻿51.383°N 98.000°E﻿ / 51.383; 98.000﻿ (Mongolia)  Mongolia 50°53′N 98°0′E﻿ / ﻿50.883°N 98.000°E﻿ / 50.883; 98.000﻿ (Russia)  Russia Tuva Republic — For about 5 km 50°50′N 98°0′E﻿ / ﻿50.833°N 98.000°E﻿ / 50.833; 98.000﻿ (Mongolia)  Mongolia For about 13 km 50°43′N 98°0′E﻿ / ﻿50.717°N 98.000°E﻿ / 50.717; 98.000﻿ (Russia)  Russia Tuva Republic 50°2′N 98°0′E﻿ / ﻿50.033°N 98.000°E﻿ / 50.033; 98.000﻿ (Mongolia)  Mongolia 42°41′N 98°0′E﻿ / ﻿42.683°N 98.000°E﻿ / 42.683; 98.000﻿ (China)  People's Republic of China Inner Mongolia Gansu — from 41°5′N 98°0′E﻿ / ﻿41.083°N 98.000°E﻿ / 41.083; 98.000﻿ (Gansu) Qinghai — from 38°50′N 98°0′E﻿ / ﻿38.833°N 98.000°E﻿ / 38.833; 98.000﻿ (Qinghai) Sichuan — from 33°57′N 98°0′E﻿ / ﻿33.950°N 98.000°E﻿ / 33.950; 98.000﻿ (Sichuan) Tibet — from 32°24′N 98°0′E﻿ / ﻿32.400°N 98.000°E﻿ / 32.400; 98.000﻿ (Tibet) 28°17′N 98°0′E﻿ / ﻿28.283°N 98.000°E﻿ / 28.283; 98.000﻿ (Myanmar)  Myanmar (Burma) 25°16′N 98°0′E﻿ / ﻿25.267°N 98.000°E﻿ / 25.267; 98.000﻿ (China)  People's Republic of China Yunnan 24°3′N 98°0′E﻿ / ﻿24.050°N 98.000°E﻿ / 24.050; 98.000﻿ (Myanmar)  Myanmar (Burma) 19°38′N 98°0′E﻿ / ﻿19.633°N 98.000°E﻿ / 19.633; 98.000﻿ (Thailand)  Thailand 17°30′N 98°0′E﻿ / ﻿17.500°N 98.000°E﻿ / 17.500; 98.000﻿ (Myanmar)  Myanmar (Burma) 14°17′N 98°0′E﻿ / ﻿14.283°N 98.000°E﻿ / 14.283; 98.000﻿ (Indian Ocean) Indian Ocean Andaman Sea 12°23′N 98°0′E﻿ / ﻿12.383°N 98.000°E﻿ / 12.383; 98.000﻿ (Myanmar)  Myanmar (Burma) Islands in the Mergui Archipelago, including Thayawthadangyi 11°57′N 98°0′E﻿ / ﻿11.950°N 98.000°E﻿ / 11.950; 98.000﻿ (Indian Ocean) Indian Ocean Andaman Sea 11°27′N 98°0′E﻿ / ﻿11.450°N 98.000°E﻿ / 11.450; 98.000﻿ (Myanmar)  Myanmar (Burma) Islands in the Mergui Archipelago 11°19′N 98°0′E﻿ / ﻿11.317°N 98.000°E﻿ / 11.317; 98.000﻿ (Indian Ocean) Indian Ocean Andaman Sea — passing just west of the island of Lanbi Kyun, Myanmar (at 10°53′N 98°4′E﻿ / ﻿10.883°N 98.067°E﻿ / 10.883; 98.067﻿ (Lanbi Kyun)) 10°33′N 98°0′E﻿ / ﻿10.550°N 98.000°E﻿ / 10.550; 98.000﻿ (Myanmar)  Myanmar (Burma) Islands in the Mergui Archipelago 10°19′N 98°0′E﻿ / ﻿10.317°N 98.000°E﻿ / 10.317; 98.000﻿ (Indian Ocean) Indian Ocean Andaman Sea — passing just west of the island of Zadetkyi Kyun, Myanmar (at 9°54′N 98°7′E﻿ / ﻿9.900°N 98.117°E﻿ / 9.900; 98.117﻿ (Zadetkyi Kyun)) Strait of Malacca – from 7°32′N 98°0′E﻿ / ﻿7.533°N 98.000°E﻿ / 7.533; 98.000﻿ (Strait of Malacca) 4°37′N 98°0′E﻿ / ﻿4.617°N 98.000°E﻿ / 4.617; 98.000﻿ (Indonesia)  Indonesia Island of Sumatra 2°14′N 98°0′E﻿ / ﻿2.233°N 98.000°E﻿ / 2.233; 98.000﻿ (Indian Ocean) Indian Ocean Passing just east of the island of Nias, Indonesia (at 0°57′N 97°55′E﻿ / ﻿0.950°N 97.917°E﻿ / 0.950; 97.917﻿ (Nias)) Passing just west of the Batu Islands, Indonesia (at 0°3′S 98°14′E﻿ / ﻿0.050°S 98.233°E﻿ / -0.050; 98.233﻿ (Batu Islands)) 60°0′S 98°0′E﻿ / ﻿60.000°S 98.000°E﻿ / -60.000; 98.000﻿ (Southern Ocean) Southern Ocean 65°33′S 98°0′E﻿ / ﻿65.550°S 98.000°E﻿ / -65.550; 98.000﻿ (Antarctica) Antarctica Australian Antarctic Territory, claimed by Australia
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