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