140th meridian east
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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.
The 140th meridian east forms a great circle with the 40th meridian west.
From Pole to Pole
Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 140th meridian east passes through:
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Co-ordinates Country, territory or sea Notes Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Arctic Ocean Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Russia Sakha Republic — Kotelny Island, New Siberian Islands Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Laptev Sea Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Russia Sakha Republic — Great Lyakhovsky Island, New Siberian Islands Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Laptev Sea Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Russia Sakha Republic
Khabarovsk Krai — from Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Sea of Okhotsk Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Russia Khabarovsk Krai Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Sea of Japan Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Japan Island of Hokkaidō
— Hokkaidō PrefectureLua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Sea of Japan Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Japan Island of Hokkaidō
— Hokkaidō PrefectureLua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Sea of Japan Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Japan Island of Honshū
— Aomori Prefecture
— Akita Prefecture — from Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Sea of Japan Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Japan Island of Honshū
— Akita Prefecture
— Yamagata Prefecture — from Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
— Fukushima Prefecture — from Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
— Tochigi Prefecture — from Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
— Ibaraki Prefecture — from Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
— Chiba Prefecture — from Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Tokyo Bay Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Japan Island of Honshū
— Chiba Prefecture (Bōsō Peninsula)Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Pacific Ocean Passing just east of the island of Hachijōjima, Tokyo Prefecture, Japan (at Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.)
Passing just east of the island of Aogashima, Tokyo Prefecture, Japan (at Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.)
Passing through the Bayonnaise Rocks, Tokyo Prefecture, Japan (at Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.)
Passing just west of Smith Island, Tokyo Prefecture, Japan (at Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.)
Passing just west of Tori Shima, Tokyo Prefecture, Japan (at Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.)
Passing just east of Ulithi Atoll, Federated States of Micronesia (at Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.)Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Indonesia Island of New Guinea Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Arafura Sea Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Gulf of Carpentaria Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Australia Queensland
South Australia — from Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Indian Ocean Australian authorities consider this to be part of the Southern Ocean[1][2] Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Southern Ocean Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Antarctica Adélie Land, claimed by France