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131st meridian east

Line of longitude

Line of longitude

The meridian 131° 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 131st meridian east forms a great circle with the 49th meridian west.

From Pole to Pole

Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 131st 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 Khabarovsk Krai — from Amur Oblast — from Khabarovsk Krai — from Amur Oblast — from Khabarovsk Krai — from Amur Oblast — from Jewish Autonomous Oblast — from |-valign="top" | ! scope="row" |

Heilongjiang

| ! scope="row" | | Primorsky Krai — for about 6 km |-valign="top" | ! scope="row" | | Heilongjiang Jilin — from |- | ! scope="row" | | Primorsky Krai |-valign="top" ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Sea of Japan Passing just west of the island of Mishima, Yamaguchi Prefecture, (at ) |- | ! scope="row" |

Island of Honshū, Yamaguchi Prefecture (passing through Chōfu station in eastern Shimonoseki)
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| ! scope="row" | | Island of Kyūshū — Fukuoka Prefecture — Ōita Prefecture — from — Kumamoto Prefecture — from — Ōita Prefecture — from — Kumamoto Prefecture — from — Miyazaki Prefecture — from — Kagoshima Prefecture — from |- ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | East China Sea |- | ! scope="row" | | Island of Tanegashima, Kagoshima Prefecture |-valign="top" ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Pacific Ocean Passing just west of the island of Oki Daitō, Okinawa Prefecture, (at ) Passing just west of the island of Tobi, (at ) Passing just west of the Asia Islands, (at ) Passing just west of the Ayu Islands, (at ) |- | ! scope="row" |

Island of Waigeo
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Islands of Salawati and New Guinea
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Island of Wuliaru
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Island of Seira
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Island of Selaru
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Northern Territory — Melville Island
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| ! scope="row" | | Northern Territory South Australia — 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. 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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