The meridian 98° east of Greenwich is a longitude line extending from the North Pole across the Arctic Ocean, Asia, the Indian Ocean, the Southern Ocean, and Antarctica to the South Pole.
The 98th meridian east forms a great circle with the 82nd meridian west.
From Pole to Pole Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 98th meridian east passes through:
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" ! scope="col" width="120" | Co-ordinates ! scope="col" | Country, territory or sea ! scope="col" | Notes |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Arctic Ocean | style="background:#b0e0e6;" |
! scope="row" | | Krasnoyarsk Krai — Komsomolets Island, Severnaya Zemlya |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Laptev Sea | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | |-valign="top" | ! scope="row" | | Krasnoyarsk Krai — October Revolution Island, Severnaya Zemlya |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Kara Sea | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | |-valign="top" | ! scope="row" | | Krasnoyarsk Krai Irkutsk Oblast — from Tuva Republic — from
! scope="row" |
! scope="row" | | Tuva Republic — For about 5 km
! scope="row" | | For about 13 km
! scope="row" | |Tuva Republic
! scope="row" | | |-valign="top" | ! scope="row" | | Inner Mongolia Gansu — from Qinghai — from Sichuan — from Tibet — from
! scope="row" | (Burma) | |-valign="top" | ! scope="row" | | Yunnan
! scope="row" | (Burma)
! scope="row" |
! scope="row" | (Burma)
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Indian Ocean | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Andaman Sea
! scope="row" | (Burma) | Islands in the Mergui Archipelago, including Thayawthadangyi |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Indian Ocean | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Andaman Sea
! scope="row" | (Burma) | Islands in the Mergui Archipelago |-valign="top" | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Indian Ocean | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Andaman Sea — passing just west of the island of Lanbi Kyun, (at )
! scope="row" | (Burma) | Islands in the Mergui Archipelago |-valign="top" | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Indian Ocean | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Andaman Sea — passing just west of the island of Zadetkyi Kyun, (at ) Strait of Malacca – from
! scope="row" | | Island of Sumatra |-valign="top" | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Indian Ocean | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Passing just east of the island of Nias, (at ) Passing just west of the Batu Islands, (at ) |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Southern Ocean | style="background:#b0e0e6;" |
! scope="row" | Antarctica | Australian Antarctic Territory, claimed by
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