107th meridian east
line of longitude east of the Greenwich Meridian
The meridian 107° 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 107th meridian east forms a great circle with the 73rd meridian west.
“107th meridian east” enters the record as line of longitude east of the Greenwich Meridian. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what 107th, meridian and east can confirm, complicate or overturn.
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