137th meridian east

The meridian 137° 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 137th meridian east forms a great circle with the 43rd meridian west.

From Pole to Pole
Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 137th meridian east passes through:


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 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 90°N, 137°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 90°N, 137°W
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 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 76.43333°N, 137°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 76.43333°N, 137°W
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 * 75.35°N, 137°W
 * 75.35°N, 137°W
 * Sakha Republic — Kotelny Island, New Siberian Islands
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 75.23333°N, 137°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 75.23333°N, 137°W
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 * 71.46667°N, 137°W
 * Sakha Republic Khabarovsk Krai — from 59.43333°N, 137°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 55.78333°N, 137°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 55.78333°N, 137°W
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 * 55.08333°N, 137°W
 * 55.08333°N, 137°W
 * Khabarovsk Krai — Feklistova Island
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 54.9°N, 137°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 54.9°N, 137°W
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 * 53.83333°N, 137°W
 * Khabarovsk Krai — passing through Komsomolsk-on-Amur at 50.56667°N, 137°W Primorsky Krai — from 47.3°N, 137°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 45.3°N, 137°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 45.3°N, 137°W
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 * 37.41667°N, 137°W
 * Island of Honshū — Ishikawa Prefecture — Toyama Prefecture — from 36.96667°N, 137°W (passing through Takaoka city) — Gifu Prefecture — from 36.28333°N, 137°W — Aichi Prefecture — from 35.38333°N, 137°W (passing just east of Nagoya city center)
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 34.81667°N, 137°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 34.81667°N, 137°W
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 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 34.55°N, 137°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 34.55°N, 137°W
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 * -1.83333°N, 137°W
 * -1.83333°N, 137°W
 * Island of Kurudu
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | -1.85°N, 137°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | -1.85°N, 137°W
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 * -2.11667°N, 137°W
 * -2.11667°N, 137°W
 * Island of New Guinea
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | -4.93333°N, 137°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | -4.93333°N, 137°W
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 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | -12.33333°N, 137°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | -12.33333°N, 137°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Passing just east of Groote Eylandt, 🇦🇺 (at -14.25°N, 136.95°W)
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 * -15.58333°N, 137°W
 * Northern Territory — Vanderlin Island and the mainland South Australia — from -26°N, 137°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | -33.73333°N, 137°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | -33.73333°N, 137°W
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 * -34.93333°N, 137°W
 * -34.93333°N, 137°W
 * South Australia — Yorke Peninsula
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | -35.21667°N, 137°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | -35.21667°N, 137°W
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 * -35.66667°N, 137°W
 * -35.66667°N, 137°W
 * South Australia — Kangaroo Island
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | -36.01667°N, 137°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | -36.01667°N, 137°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Australian authorities consider this to be part of the Southern Ocean
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | -60°N, 137°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | -60°N, 137°W
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 * -66.31667°N, 137°W
 * -66.31667°N, 137°W
 * Adélie Land, claimed by 🇫🇷
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