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140th meridian east

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.

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140th meridian east
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The 140th meridian east forms a great circle 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:

Co-ordinatesCountry, territory or seaNotes
90°0′N 140°0′E / 90.000°N 140.000°E / 90.000; 140.000 (Arctic Ocean)Arctic Ocean
75°57′N 140°0′E / 75.950°N 140.000°E / 75.950; 140.000 (Russia)  RussiaSakha Republic — Kotelny Island, New Siberian Islands
74°54′N 140°0′E / 74.900°N 140.000°E / 74.900; 140.000 (Laptev Sea)Laptev Sea
73°26′N 140°0′E / 73.433°N 140.000°E / 73.433; 140.000 (Russia)  RussiaSakha Republic — Great Lyakhovsky Island, New Siberian Islands
73°20′N 140°0′E / 73.333°N 140.000°E / 73.333; 140.000 (Laptev Sea)Laptev Sea
72°29′N 140°0′E / 72.483°N 140.000°E / 72.483; 140.000 (Russia)  RussiaSakha Republic
Khabarovsk Krai — from 61°58′N 140°0′E / 61.967°N 140.000°E / 61.967; 140.000 (Khabarovsk Krai)
57°42′N 140°0′E / 57.700°N 140.000°E / 57.700; 140.000 (Sea of Okhotsk)Sea of Okhotsk
54°6′N 140°0′E / 54.100°N 140.000°E / 54.100; 140.000 (Russia)  RussiaKhabarovsk Krai
48°20′N 140°0′E / 48.333°N 140.000°E / 48.333; 140.000 (Sea of Japan)Sea of Japan
42°41′N 140°0′E / 42.683°N 140.000°E / 42.683; 140.000 (Japan)  JapanIsland of Hokkaidō
— Hokkaidō Prefecture
42°7′N 140°0′E / 42.117°N 140.000°E / 42.117; 140.000 (Sea of Japan)Sea of Japan
41°38′N 140°0′E / 41.633°N 140.000°E / 41.633; 140.000 (Japan)  JapanIsland of Hokkaidō
— Hokkaidō Prefecture
41°32′N 140°0′E / 41.533°N 140.000°E / 41.533; 140.000 (Sea of Japan)Sea of Japan
40°44′N 140°0′E / 40.733°N 140.000°E / 40.733; 140.000 (Japan)  JapanIsland of Honshū
— Aomori Prefecture
— Akita Prefecture — from 40°25′N 140°0′E / 40.417°N 140.000°E / 40.417; 140.000 (Akita)
39°51′N 140°0′E / 39.850°N 140.000°E / 39.850; 140.000 (Sea of Japan)Sea of Japan
39°20′N 140°0′E / 39.333°N 140.000°E / 39.333; 140.000 (Japan)  JapanIsland of Honshū
— Akita Prefecture
— Yamagata Prefecture — from 39°6′N 140°0′E / 39.100°N 140.000°E / 39.100; 140.000 (Yamagata)
— Fukushima Prefecture — from 37°45′N 140°0′E / 37.750°N 140.000°E / 37.750; 140.000 (Fukushima)
— Tochigi Prefecture — from 37°8′N 140°0′E / 37.133°N 140.000°E / 37.133; 140.000 (Tochigi)
— Ibaraki Prefecture — from 36°22′N 140°0′E / 36.367°N 140.000°E / 36.367; 140.000 (Ibaraki)
— Chiba Prefecture — from 35°54′N 140°0′E / 35.900°N 140.000°E / 35.900; 140.000 (Chiba)
35°39′N 140°0′E / 35.650°N 140.000°E / 35.650; 140.000 (Tokyo Bay)Tokyo Bay
35°28′N 140°0′E / 35.467°N 140.000°E / 35.467; 140.000 (Japan)  JapanIsland of Honshū
— Chiba Prefecture (Bōsō Peninsula)
35°1′N 140°0′E / 35.017°N 140.000°E / 35.017; 140.000 (Pacific Ocean)Pacific OceanPassing just east of the island of Hachijōjima, Tokyo Prefecture,  Japan (at 33°5′N 139°52′E / 33.083°N 139.867°E / 33.083; 139.867 (Hachijōjima))
Passing just east of the island of Aogashima, Tokyo Prefecture,  Japan (at 32°27′N 139°47′E / 32.450°N 139.783°E / 32.450; 139.783 (Aogashima))
Passing through the Bayonnaise Rocks, Tokyo Prefecture,  Japan (at 31°55′N 139°0′E / 31.917°N 139.000°E / 31.917; 139.000 (Bayonnaise Rocks))
Passing just west of Smith Island, Tokyo Prefecture,  Japan (at 31°26′N 140°2′E / 31.433°N 140.033°E / 31.433; 140.033 (Smith Island))
Passing just west of Tori Shima, Tokyo Prefecture,  Japan (at 30°29′N 140°18′E / 30.483°N 140.300°E / 30.483; 140.300 (Tori Shima))
Passing just east of Ulithi Atoll,  Federated States of Micronesia (at 9°55′N 139°34′E / 9.917°N 139.567°E / 9.917; 139.567 (Ulithi Atoll))
2°21′S 140°0′E / 2.350°S 140.000°E / -2.350; 140.000 (Indonesia)  Indonesia  Papua New GuineaForms the northern half of the Indonesia–Papua New Guinea border on the island of New Guinea
8°14′S 140°0′E / 8.233°S 140.000°E / -8.233; 140.000 (Arafura Sea)Arafura Sea
11°22′S 140°0′E / 11.367°S 140.000°E / -11.367; 140.000 (Gulf of Carpentaria)Gulf of Carpentaria
17°43′S 140°0′E / 17.717°S 140.000°E / -17.717; 140.000 (Australia)  AustraliaQueensland
South Australia — from 26°0′S 140°0′E / 26.000°S 140.000°E / -26.000; 140.000 (South Australia)
37°29′S 140°0′E / 37.483°S 140.000°E / -37.483; 140.000 (Indian Ocean)Indian OceanAustralian authorities consider this to be part of the Southern Ocean[1][2]
60°0′S 140°0′E / 60.000°S 140.000°E / -60.000; 140.000 (Southern Ocean)Southern Ocean
66°42′S 140°0′E / 66.700°S 140.000°E / -66.700; 140.000 (Antarctica)AntarcticaAdélie Land, claimed by  France

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