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97th meridian east

{{Short description|Line of longitude}}

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The meridian 97° 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 97th meridian east forms a great circle with the 83rd meridian west.

From Pole to Pole

Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 97th meridian east passes through:

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style="background:#b0e0e6;" | {{Coord|90|0|N|97|0|E|type:waterbody|name=Arctic Ocean}}

! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Arctic Ocean

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| {{Coord|80|53|N|97|0|E|type:country|name=Russia}}

! scope="row" | {{RUS}}

| Krasnoyarsk Krai — Komsomolets Island and October Revolution Island, Severnaya Zemlya

style="background:#b0e0e6;" | {{Coord|78|56|N|97|0|E|type:waterbody|name=Kara Sea}}

! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Kara Sea

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| {{Coord|76|19|N|97|0|E|type:country|name=Russia}}

! scope="row" | {{RUS}}

| Krasnoyarsk Krai — The Nordenskiöld Archipelago and the mainland
Irkutsk Oblast — from {{Coord|55|51|N|97|0|E|type:adm1st|name=Irkutsk Oblast}}
Tuva Republic — from {{Coord|53|40|N|97|0|E|type:adm1st|name=Tuva Republic}}

{{Coord|49|55|N|97|0|E|type:country|name=Mongolia}}

! scope="row" | {{MNG}}

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| {{Coord|42|44|N|97|0|E|type:country|name=China}}

! scope="row" | {{PRC}}

| Gansu
Qinghai — from {{Coord|39|11|N|97|0|E|type:adm1st|name=Qinghai}}
Tibet — from {{Coord|32|3|N|97|0|E|type:adm1st|name=Tibet}}

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| {{Coord|28|19|N|97|0|E|type:country|name=India}}

! scope="row" | {{IND}}

| Arunachal Pradesh — partly claimed by {{PRC}}

{{Coord|27|42|N|97|0|E|type:country|name=Myanmar}}

! scope="row" | {{MMR}} (Burma)

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{{Coord|27|19|N|97|0|E|type:country|name=India}}

! scope="row" | {{IND}}

| Arunachal Pradesh — for about 19 km

{{Coord|27|8|N|97|0|E|type:country|name=Myanmar}}

! scope="row" | {{MMR}} (Burma)

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style="background:#b0e0e6;" | {{Coord|17|16|N|97|0|E|type:waterbody|name=Indian Ocean}}

! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Indian Ocean

| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Andaman Sea

{{Coord|5|15|N|97|0|E|type:country|name=Indonesia}}

! scope="row" | {{IDN}}

| Island of Sumatra

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| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | {{Coord|3|33|N|97|0|E|type:waterbody|name=Indian Ocean}}

! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Indian Ocean

| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Passing just west of the Banyak Islands, {{IDN}} (at {{Coord|2|4|N|97|4|E|type:isle|name=Banyak Islands}})
Passing just west of the island of Nias, {{IDN}} (at {{Coord|1|24|N|27|3|E|type:isle|name=Nias}})
Passing just east of the {{CCK}} (at {{Coord|12|9|S|96|56|E|type:isle|name=Cocos (Keeling) Islands}})

style="background:#b0e0e6;" | {{Coord|60|0|S|97|0|E|type:waterbody|name=Southern Ocean}}

! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Southern Ocean

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{{Coord|65|10|S|97|0|E|type:country|name=Antarctica}}

! scope="row" | Antarctica

| Australian Antarctic Territory, claimed by {{AUS}}

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