97th meridian east
line of longitude east of the Greenwich Meridian
The meridian 97° 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 97th meridian east forms a great circle with the 83rd meridian west.
“97th meridian east” enters the record as line of longitude east of the Greenwich Meridian. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what 97th, meridian and east can confirm, complicate or overturn.
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