The meridian 95° 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 95th meridian east forms a great circle with the 85th meridian west.
Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 95th meridian east passes through:
Co-ordinates | Country, territory or sea | Notes |
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90°0′N 95°0′E / 90.000°N 95.000°E | Arctic Ocean | |
81°8′N 95°0′E / 81.133°N 95.000°E | Russia | Komsomolets Island, Severnaya Zemlya, Krasnoyarsk Krai |
80°0′N 95°0′E / 80.000°N 95.000°E | Red Army Strait | |
80°6′N 95°0′E / 80.100°N 95.000°E | Russia | Cape October — October Revolution Island, Severnaya Zemlya, Krasnoyarsk Krai |
79°2′N 95°0′E / 79.033°N 95.000°E | Kara Sea | |
76°40′N 95°0′E / 76.667°N 95.000°E | Russia | Nordenskiöld Archipelago and Taymyr Peninsula, Krasnoyarsk Krai Tuva Republic — from 53°22′N 95°0′E / 53.367°N 95.000°E |
50°3′N 95°0′E / 50.050°N 95.000°E | Mongolia | |
44°15′N 95°0′E / 44.250°N 95.000°E | People's Republic of China | Xinjiang Gansu — from 41°45′N 95°0′E / 41.750°N 95.000°E Qinghai — from 38°25′N 95°0′E / 38.417°N 95.000°E Tibet — from 32°19′N 95°0′E / 32.317°N 95.000°E |
29°8′N 95°0′E / 29.133°N 95.000°E | India | Arunachal Pradesh — partly claimed by People's Republic of China Assam — from 27°46′N 95°0′E / 27.767°N 95.000°E Nagaland — from 26°55′N 95°0′E / 26.917°N 95.000°E |
25°43′N 95°0′E / 25.717°N 95.000°E | Myanmar (Burma) | |
15°47′N 95°0′E / 15.783°N 95.000°E | Indian Ocean | Passing just west of the islands of Breueh and Sumatra, Indonesia |
60°0′S 95°0′E / 60.000°S 95.000°E | Southern Ocean | |
66°14′S 95°0′E / 66.233°S 95.000°E | Antarctica | Australian Antarctic Territory, claimed by Australia |
Next westward: 94th meridian east |
95th meridian east forms a great circle with 85th meridian west |
Next eastward: 96th meridian east |