The meridian 87° 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 87th meridian east forms a great circle with the 93rd meridian west.
Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 87th meridian east passes through:
Co-ordinates | Country, territory or sea | Notes |
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Arctic Ocean | ||
Kara Sea | ||
Krasnoyarsk Krai Tomsk Oblast — from Kemerovo Oblast — from Altai Krai — from Kemerovo Oblast — from Altai Krai — from Altai Republic — from | ||
East Kazakhstan Region | ||
Xinjiang Tibet — from | ||
Province 1 Province 2 — from | ||
Bihar Jharkhand — from West Bengal — from Odisha — from | ||
Indian Ocean | ||
Odisha | ||
Indian Ocean | ||
Southern Ocean | ||
Antarctica | Australian Antarctic Territory, claimed by | |