82nd Meridian East

82nd Meridian East

The meridian 82° 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 82nd meridian east forms a great circle with the 98th meridian west.

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