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140th meridian east

140th meridian east

The meridian 140° east of Greenwich is a line of longitude that extends from the North Pole across the Arctic Ocean, Asia, the Pacific Ocean, Australasia, the Indian Ocean, the Southern Ocean, and Antarctica to the South Pole.

Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 140th meridian east passes through:

Country, territory or sea Notes
Arctic Ocean
Islands of Kotelny, Great Lyakhovsky and the mainland
Sea of Okhotsk
Sea of Japan
Islands of Hokkaidō and Honshū
Pacific Ocean Passing just east of the islands of Hachijōjima and Aogashima, through the Bayonaise Rocks, and just west of Smith Island and Tori Shima,
Passing just east of Ulithi Atoll,
Island of New Guinea
Arafura Sea
Gulf of Carpentaria
Queensland
South Australia
Indian Ocean
Southern Ocean
Antarctica Adélie Land, claimed by

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