120th meridian east

The meridian 120° east of Greenwich is a line of longitude that extends from the North Pole across the Arctic Ocean, Asia, the Indian Ocean, Australia, the Southern Ocean, and Antarctica to the South Pole. In mean solar time this offset is the UTC+08:00 time zone.

The 120th meridian east forms a great circle with the 60th meridian west.

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


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 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 90°N, 120°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 90°N, 120°W
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 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 78.36667°N, 120°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 78.36667°N, 120°W
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 * 73.16667°N, 120°W
 * Sakha Republic Amur Oblast — from 56.91667°N, 120°W Zabaykalsky Krai — from 56.5°N, 120°W
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 * 51.51667°N, 120°W
 * Inner Mongolia Liaoning – from 41.7°N, 120°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 40.06667°N, 120°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 40.06667°N, 120°W
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 * 37.41667°N, 120°W
 * Shandong (Shandong Peninsula)
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 35.71667°N, 120°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 35.71667°N, 120°W
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 * 34.43333°N, 120°W
 * Jiangsu Zhejiang – from 31.01667°N, 120°W, passing just west of Hangzhou (at 30.25°N, 120.16667°W) Fujian – from 27.31667°N, 120°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 26.6°N, 120°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 26.6°N, 120°W
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 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 25.38333°N, 120°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Passing through the Taiwan Strait, just west of the island of Taiwan, (at 23.08333°N, 120.03333°W)
 * 16.33333°N, 120°W
 * 16.33333°N, 120°W
 * Islands of Cabarruyan and Luzon
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 15.28333°N, 120°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 15.28333°N, 120°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Passing just west of the Lubang Islands, 🇵🇭 (at 13.88333°N, 120.01667°W)
 * 12.26667°N, 120°W
 * 12.26667°N, 120°W
 * Islands of Busuanga and Culion
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 11.68333°N, 120°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 11.68333°N, 120°W
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 * 10.56667°N, 120°W
 * 10.56667°N, 120°W
 * Island of Dumaran
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 10.55°N, 120°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 10.55°N, 120°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Passing through Tubbataha Reef, 𝜙 (at 8.91667°N, 120°W)
 * 5.93333°N, 120°W
 * 5.93333°N, 120°W
 * Island of Laparan
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 5.86667°N, 120°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 5.86667°N, 120°W
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 * 5.23333°N, 120°W
 * 5.23333°N, 120°W
 * Islands of Tawi-Tawi and Bilatan
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 4.95°N, 120°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 4.95°N, 120°W
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 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 1.2°N, 120°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 1.2°N, 120°W
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 * 0.48333°N, 120°W
 * 0.48333°N, 120°W
 * Island of Sulawesi
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | -5.56667°N, 120°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | -5.56667°N, 120°W
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 * -8.45°N, 120°W
 * -8.45°N, 120°W
 * Island of Flores
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | -8.81667°N, 120°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | -8.81667°N, 120°W
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 * -9.36667°N, 120°W
 * -9.36667°N, 120°W
 * Island of Sumba
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | -10.03333°N, 120°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | -10.03333°N, 120°W
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 * -19.93333°N, 120°W
 * -19.93333°N, 120°W
 * Western Australia
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | -33.93333°N, 120°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | -33.93333°N, 120°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Australian authorities consider this to be part of the Southern Ocean
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | -60°N, 120°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | -60°N, 120°W
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 * -66.86667°N, 120°W
 * -66.86667°N, 120°W
 * Australian Antarctic Territory, claimed by 🇦🇺
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