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129th meridian east

Line of longitude

Line of longitude

The meridian 129° east of Greenwich is a line of longitude that extends from the North Pole across the Arctic Ocean, Asia, Australia, the Indian Ocean, the Southern Ocean, and Antarctica to the South Pole.

The 129th meridian east forms a great circle with the 51st meridian west.

In Australia, the meridian nominally defines the eastern border of Western Australia, and the western borders of the Northern Territory and South Australia. However, the border of Western Australia actually meets the Northern Territory border and South Australian border at the 26th parallel south, at what is known as Surveyor Generals Corner.

From Pole to Pole

Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 129th 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 — islands of the Lena Delta and the mainland Amur Oblast — from |-valign="top" | ! scope="row" | | Heilongjiang Jilin — from |- | ! scope="row" | | |- ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Sea of Japan |- | ! scope="row" | | Passing just west of Busan |-valign="top" ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | East China Sea |-valign="top" | ! scope="row" |

Nagasaki Prefecture — islands of Nakadorijima, Wakamatsujima and Kabajima, Gotō Islands
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-valign="top"

| ! scope="row" |

Kagoshima Prefecture — islands of Kaminonejima and Yokoatejima, Tokara Islands
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-valign="top"

| ! scope="row" | | Kagoshima Prefecture — island of Tokunoshima |-valign="top" ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Pacific Ocean |- ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Halmahera Sea |- ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Ceram Sea |- | ! scope="row" |

Island of Seram
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| ! scope="row" |

Island of Sermata
! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;"
-valign="top"

| ! scope="row" | | Western Australia / Northern Territory border Western Australia / South Australia border — from |- ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Indian Ocean |- ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Southern Ocean |- | ! scope="row" | Antarctica

Australian Antarctic Territory, claimed by
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References

References

  1. "What is longitude?".
  2. (2021). "Border Lengths - States and Territories: Western Australia - South Australia - Northern Territory border". Geoscience Australia, Government of Australia.
  3. Porter, John. (April 1990). "AN HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE - Longitude 129 degrees east, and why it is not the longest, straight line in the world". Eyepiece - Official Organ of The Institution of Surveyors, Australia, W.A. Division.
  4. Darby, Andrew. (22 December 2003). "Canberra all at sea over position of Southern Ocean". The Age.
  5. "Indian Ocean". Encyclopædia Britannica.
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