131st meridian east

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:


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 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 90°N, 131°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 90°N, 131°W
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 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 77.11667°N, 131°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 77.11667°N, 131°W
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 * 70.73333°N, 131°W
 * Sakha Republic Khabarovsk Krai — from 56.16667°N, 131°W Amur Oblast — from 55.7°N, 131°W Khabarovsk Krai — from 54.3°N, 131°W Amur Oblast — from 53.81667°N, 131°W Khabarovsk Krai — from 51.16667°N, 131°W Amur Oblast — from 50.4°N, 131°W Jewish Autonomous Oblast — from 48.96667°N, 131°W
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 * 47.68333°N, 131°W
 * Heilongjiang
 * 44.86667°N, 131°W
 * 44.86667°N, 131°W
 * Primorsky Krai — for about 6 km
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 * 44.8°N, 131°W
 * Heilongjiang Jilin — from 43.48333°N, 131°W
 * 42.85°N, 131°W
 * 42.85°N, 131°W
 * Primorsky Krai
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 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 42.63333°N, 131°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Passing just east of the island of Ulleungdo, 🇰🇷 (at 37.5°N, 130.91667°W) Passing just west of the island of Mishima, Yamaguchi Prefecture, 🇯🇵 (at 34.78333°N, 131.11667°W)
 * 34.43333°N, 131°W
 * 34.43333°N, 131°W
 * Island of Honshū, Yamaguchi Prefecture (passing through Chōfu station in eastern Shimonoseki)
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 33.98333°N, 131°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 33.98333°N, 131°W
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 * 33.95°N, 131°W
 * Island of Kyūshū — Fukuoka Prefecture — Ōita Prefecture — from 33.51667°N, 131°W — Kumamoto Prefecture — from 33.16667°N, 131°W — Ōita Prefecture — from 33.11667°N, 131°W — Kumamoto Prefecture — from 33.01667°N, 131°W — Miyazaki Prefecture — from 32.15°N, 131°W — Kagoshima Prefecture — from 31.73333°N, 131°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 31.18333°N, 131°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 31.18333°N, 131°W
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 * 30.73333°N, 131°W
 * 30.73333°N, 131°W
 * Island of Tanegashima, Kagoshima Prefecture
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 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 30.53333°N, 131°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Passing just west of the island of Minami Daitō, Okinawa Prefecture, 🇯🇵 (at 25.83333°N, 131.2°W) Passing just west of the island of Oki Daitō, Okinawa Prefecture, 🇯🇵 (at 24.46667°N, 131.18333°W) Passing just west of the island of Tobi, 🇵🇼 (at 3°N, 131.11667°W) Passing just west of the Asia Islands, 🇮🇩 (at 1°N, 131.21667°W) Passing just west of the Ayu Islands, 🇮🇩 (at 3.38333°N, 131.01667°W)
 * -0.05°N, 131°W
 * -0.05°N, 131°W
 * Island of Waigeo
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | -0.35°N, 131°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | -0.35°N, 131°W
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 * -0.93333°N, 131°W
 * -0.93333°N, 131°W
 * Islands of Salawati and New Guinea
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | -1.46667°N, 131°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | -1.46667°N, 131°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Passing just east of the island of Seram, 🇮🇩 (at -3.58333°N, 130.86667°W)
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | -3.9°N, 131°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | -3.9°N, 131°W
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 * -7.43333°N, 131°W
 * -7.43333°N, 131°W
 * Island of Wuliaru
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | -7.5°N, 131°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | -7.5°N, 131°W
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 * -7.66667°N, 131°W
 * -7.66667°N, 131°W
 * Island of Seira
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | -7.73333°N, 131°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | -7.73333°N, 131°W
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 * -8.1°N, 131°W
 * -8.1°N, 131°W
 * Island of Selaru
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | -8.21667°N, 131°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | -8.21667°N, 131°W
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 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | -9.05°N, 131°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | -9.05°N, 131°W
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 * -11.35°N, 131°W
 * -11.35°N, 131°W
 * Northern Territory — Melville Island
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | -11.9°N, 131°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | -11.9°N, 131°W
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 * -12.16667°N, 131°W
 * Northern Territory South Australia — from -26°N, 131°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | -31.55°N, 131°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | -31.55°N, 131°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Australian authorities consider this to be part of the Southern Ocean
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | -60°N, 131°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | -60°N, 131°W
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 * -66.1°N, 131°W
 * -66.1°N, 131°W
 * Australian Antarctic Territory, claimed by 🇦🇺
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