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140th meridian east

Line of longitude

Line of longitude

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 ellipse 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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Sakha Republic — Kotelny Island, New Siberian Islands
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Sakha Republic — Great Lyakhovsky Island, New Siberian Islands
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| ! scope="row" | | Sakha Republic Khabarovsk Krai — from |- ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Sea of Okhotsk |- | ! scope="row" |

Khabarovsk Krai
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| ! scope="row" | | Island of Hokkaidō — Hokkaidō Prefecture |- ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Sea of Japan |-valign="top" | ! scope="row" | | Island of Hokkaidō — Hokkaidō Prefecture |- ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Sea of Japan |-valign="top" | ! scope="row" | | Island of Honshū — Aomori Prefecture — Akita Prefecture — from |- ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Sea of Japan |-valign="top" | ! scope="row" | | Island of Honshū — Akita Prefecture — Yamagata Prefecture — from — Fukushima Prefecture — from — Tochigi Prefecture — from — Ibaraki Prefecture — from — Chiba Prefecture — from |- ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Tokyo Bay |-valign="top" | ! scope="row" | | Island of Honshū — Chiba Prefecture (Bōsō Peninsula) |-valign="top" ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Pacific Ocean Passing just east of the island of Aogashima, Tokyo Prefecture, (at ) Passing through the Bayonnaise Rocks, Tokyo Prefecture, (at ) Passing just west of Smith Island, Tokyo Prefecture, (at ) Passing just west of Tori Shima, Tokyo Prefecture, (at ) Passing just east of Ulithi Atoll, (at ) |- | ! scope="row" |

Island of New Guinea
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| ! scope="row" | | Queensland South Australia — from |- ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Indian Ocean |- ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Southern Ocean |- | ! scope="row" | Antarctica

Adélie Land, claimed by
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Japan

Image:40°N and 140°E Crossing Point.jpg|40°N and 140°E Crossing Point in Ogata, Akita

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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