88th Meridian East
The meridian 88° 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 88th meridian east forms a great circle with the 92nd meridian west.
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“to these
Hale dead and deathless do the women of the hill
Love for ever meridian through the courters’ trees
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