120th meridian east

Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 120th meridian east passes through:

Co-ordinates	Country, territory or sea	Notes
90°0′N 120°0′E / 90.000°N 120.000°E / 90.000; 120.000 (Arctic Ocean)	Arctic Ocean
78°22′N 120°0′E / 78.367°N 120.000°E / 78.367; 120.000 (Laptev Sea)	Laptev Sea
73°10′N 120°0′E / 73.167°N 120.000°E / 73.167; 120.000 (Russia)	Russia	Sakha Republic Amur Oblast — from 56°55′N 120°0′E / 56.917°N 120.000°E / 56.917; 120.000 (Amur Oblast) Zabaykalsky Krai — from 56°30′N 120°0′E / 56.500°N 120.000°E / 56.500; 120.000 (Zabaykalsky Krai)
51°31′N 120°0′E / 51.517°N 120.000°E / 51.517; 120.000 (China)	People's Republic of China	Inner Mongolia Liaoning – from 41°42′N 120°0′E / 41.700°N 120.000°E / 41.700; 120.000 (Liaoning)
40°4′N 120°0′E / 40.067°N 120.000°E / 40.067; 120.000 (Bohai Sea)	Bohai Sea
37°25′N 120°0′E / 37.417°N 120.000°E / 37.417; 120.000 (China)	People's Republic of China	Shandong (Shandong Peninsula)
35°43′N 120°0′E / 35.717°N 120.000°E / 35.717; 120.000 (Yellow Sea)	Yellow Sea
34°26′N 120°0′E / 34.433°N 120.000°E / 34.433; 120.000 (China)	People's Republic of China	Jiangsu Zhejiang – from 31°1′N 120°0′E / 31.017°N 120.000°E / 31.017; 120.000 (Zhejiang), passing just west of Hangzhou (at 30°15′N 120°10′E / 30.250°N 120.167°E / 30.250; 120.167 (Hangzhou)) Fujian – from 27°19′N 120°0′E / 27.317°N 120.000°E / 27.317; 120.000 (Fujian)
26°36′N 120°0′E / 26.600°N 120.000°E / 26.600; 120.000 (East China Sea)	East China Sea
25°23′N 120°0′E / 25.383°N 120.000°E / 25.383; 120.000 (South China Sea)	South China Sea	Passing through the Taiwan Strait, just west of the island of Taiwan,  Republic of China (at 23°5′N 120°2′E / 23.083°N 120.033°E / 23.083; 120.033 (Taiwan))
16°20′N 120°0′E / 16.333°N 120.000°E / 16.333; 120.000 (Philippines)	Philippines	Islands of Cabarruyan and Luzon
15°17′N 120°0′E / 15.283°N 120.000°E / 15.283; 120.000 (South China Sea)	South China Sea	Passing just west of the Lubang Islands,  Philippines (at 13°53′N 120°1′E / 13.883°N 120.017°E / 13.883; 120.017 (Lubang))
12°16′N 120°0′E / 12.267°N 120.000°E / 12.267; 120.000 (Philippines)	Philippines	Islands of Busuanga and Culion
11°41′N 120°0′E / 11.683°N 120.000°E / 11.683; 120.000 (Sulu Sea)	Sulu Sea
10°34′N 120°0′E / 10.567°N 120.000°E / 10.567; 120.000 (Philippines)	Philippines	Island of Dumaran
10°33′N 120°0′E / 10.550°N 120.000°E / 10.550; 120.000 (Sulu Sea)	Sulu Sea	Passing through Tubbataha Reef,  Philippines (at 8°55′N 120°0′E / 8.917°N 120.000°E / 8.917; 120.000 (Tubbataha Reef))
5°56′N 120°0′E / 5.933°N 120.000°E / 5.933; 120.000 (Philippines)	Philippines	Island of Laparan
5°52′N 120°0′E / 5.867°N 120.000°E / 5.867; 120.000 (Sulu Sea)	Sulu Sea
5°14′N 120°0′E / 5.233°N 120.000°E / 5.233; 120.000 (Philippines)	Philippines	Islands of Tawi-Tawi and Bilatan
4°57′N 120°0′E / 4.950°N 120.000°E / 4.950; 120.000 (Celebes Sea)	Celebes Sea
1°12′N 120°0′E / 1.200°N 120.000°E / 1.200; 120.000 (Makassar Strait)	Makassar Strait
0°29′N 120°0′E / 0.483°N 120.000°E / 0.483; 120.000 (Indonesia)	Indonesia	Island of Sulawesi
5°34′S 120°0′E / 5.567°S 120.000°E / -5.567; 120.000 (Flores Sea)	Flores Sea
8°27′S 120°0′E / 8.450°S 120.000°E / -8.450; 120.000 (Indonesia)	Indonesia	Island of Flores
8°49′S 120°0′E / 8.817°S 120.000°E / -8.817; 120.000 (Sumba Strait)	Sumba Strait
9°22′S 120°0′E / 9.367°S 120.000°E / -9.367; 120.000 (Indonesia)	Indonesia	Island of Sumba
10°2′S 120°0′E / 10.033°S 120.000°E / -10.033; 120.000 (Indian Ocean)	Indian Ocean
19°56′S 120°0′E / 19.933°S 120.000°E / -19.933; 120.000 (Australia)	Australia	Western Australia
33°56′S 120°0′E / 33.933°S 120.000°E / -33.933; 120.000 (Indian Ocean)	Indian Ocean	Australian authorities consider this to be part of the Southern Ocean[1][2]
60°0′S 120°0′E / 60.000°S 120.000°E / -60.000; 120.000 (Southern Ocean)	Southern Ocean
66°52′S 120°0′E / 66.867°S 120.000°E / -66.867; 120.000 (Antarctica)	Antarctica	Australian Antarctic Territory, claimed by  Australia

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