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118th meridian east

Line of longitude

Line of longitude

The meridian 118° 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 118th meridian east forms a great circle with the 62nd meridian west.

From Pole to Pole

Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 118th meridian east passes through:

:{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" ! 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 |-valign="top" | ! scope="row" | | Sakha Republic Irkutsk Oblast — from Zabaykalsky Krai — from |-valign="top" | ! scope="row" |

Inner Mongolia

| ! scope="row" | | |-valign="top" | ! scope="row" | | Inner Mongolia Hebei – for about 17 km from Inner Mongolia – for about 4 km from Hebei – from Tianjin – from |- ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Bohai Sea |-valign="top" | ! scope="row" | | Shandong Jiangsu – from Anhui – from Jiangsu – from Anhui – from Jiangxi – from Fujian – from , passing just west of Xiamen (at ) |-valign="top" ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | South China Sea |- | ! scope="row" |

Island of Palawan
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Sabah – island of Borneo
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East Kalimantan – island of Borneo
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East Kalimantan – island of Borneo
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Island of Sumbawa
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Western Australia
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| ! scope="row" | Antarctica

Australian Antarctic Territory, claimed by
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References

References

  1. "What is longitude?".
  2. Darby, Andrew. (22 December 2003). "Canberra all at sea over position of Southern Ocean". The Age.
  3. "Indian Ocean". Encyclopædia Britannica.
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