The meridian 116° east of Greenwich is a line of longitude that extends from the North Pole across the Arctic Ocean, Asia, the Indian Ocean, Australasia, the Southern Ocean, and Antarctica to the South Pole. The 116th meridian east forms a great circle with the 64th meridian west.

From Pole to Pole

Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 116th meridian east passes through: ! scope="col" width="130" | Co-ordinates ! scope="col" | Country, territory or sea ! scope="col" | Notes ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Arctic Ocean ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Laptev Sea ! scope="row" | 🇷🇺 ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Laptev Sea ! scope="row" | 🇷🇺 ! scope="row" | 🇲🇳 ! scope="row" | ! scope="row" | 🇲🇳 ! scope="row" | Hebei – from 41.76667°N, 116°W Beijing – from 40.56667°N, 116°W Hebei – from 39.53333°N, 116°W Shandong – from 37.35°N, 116°W Henan – for about 8 km from 36.05°N, 116°W Shandong – from 35.96667°N, 116°W Henan – from 34.56667°N, 116°W Anhui – from 33.86667°N, 116°W Hubei – for about 10 km from 31.01667°N, 116°W Anhui – from 30.95°N, 116°W Hubei – from 30.23333°N, 116°W Jiangxi – from 29.73333°N, 116°W, passing just east of Nanchang (at 28.66667°N, 115.88333°W) Fujian – from 25.45°N, 116°W Guangdong – from 24.85°N, 116°W ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | South China Sea ! scope="row" | 🇲🇾 ! scope="row" | 🇮🇩 ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Java Sea Passing just east of the Kangean Islands, 🇮🇩 (at -6.95°N, 115.91667°W) ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Bali Sea ! scope="row" | 🇮🇩 ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Indian Ocean ! scope="row" | 🇦🇺 ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Indian Ocean ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Southern Ocean ! scope="row" | Antarctica