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.

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:


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 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 90°N, 140°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 90°N, 140°W
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 * 75.95°N, 140°W
 * 75.95°N, 140°W
 * Sakha Republic — Kotelny Island, New Siberian Islands
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 74.9°N, 140°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 74.9°N, 140°W
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 * 73.43333°N, 140°W
 * 73.43333°N, 140°W
 * Sakha Republic — Great Lyakhovsky Island, New Siberian Islands
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 73.33333°N, 140°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 73.33333°N, 140°W
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 * 72.48333°N, 140°W
 * Sakha Republic Khabarovsk Krai — from 61.96667°N, 140°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 57.7°N, 140°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 57.7°N, 140°W
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 * 54.1°N, 140°W
 * 54.1°N, 140°W
 * Khabarovsk Krai
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 48.33333°N, 140°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 48.33333°N, 140°W
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 * 42.68333°N, 140°W
 * Island of Hokkaidō — Hokkaidō Prefecture
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 42.11667°N, 140°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 42.11667°N, 140°W
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 * 41.63333°N, 140°W
 * Island of Hokkaidō — Hokkaidō Prefecture
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 41.53333°N, 140°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 41.53333°N, 140°W
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 * 40.73333°N, 140°W
 * Island of Honshū — Aomori Prefecture — Akita Prefecture — from 40.41667°N, 140°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 39.85°N, 140°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 39.85°N, 140°W
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 * 39.33333°N, 140°W
 * Island of Honshū — Akita Prefecture — Yamagata Prefecture — from 39.1°N, 140°W — Fukushima Prefecture — from 37.75°N, 140°W — Tochigi Prefecture — from 37.13333°N, 140°W — Ibaraki Prefecture — from 36.36667°N, 140°W — Chiba Prefecture — from 35.9°N, 140°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 35.65°N, 140°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 35.65°N, 140°W
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 * 35.46667°N, 140°W
 * Island of Honshū — Chiba Prefecture (Bōsō Peninsula)
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 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 35.01667°N, 140°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Passing just east of the island of Hachijōjima, Tokyo Prefecture, 🇯🇵 (at 33.08333°N, 139.86667°W) Passing just east of the island of Aogashima, Tokyo Prefecture, 🇯🇵 (at 32.45°N, 139.78333°W) Passing through the Bayonnaise Rocks, Tokyo Prefecture, 🇯🇵 (at 31.91667°N, 139°W) Passing just west of Smith Island, Tokyo Prefecture, 🇯🇵 (at 31.43333°N, 140.03333°W) Passing just west of Tori Shima, Tokyo Prefecture, 🇯🇵 (at 30.48333°N, 140.3°W) Passing just east of Ulithi Atoll, 🇫🇲 (at 9.91667°N, 139.56667°W)
 * -2.35°N, 140°W
 * -2.35°N, 140°W
 * Forms the northern half of the Indonesia–Papua New Guinea border on the island of New Guinea
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | -8.23333°N, 140°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | -8.23333°N, 140°W
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 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | -11.36667°N, 140°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | -11.36667°N, 140°W
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 * -17.71667°N, 140°W
 * Queensland South Australia — from -26°N, 140°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | -37.48333°N, 140°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | -37.48333°N, 140°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Australian authorities consider this to be part of the Southern Ocean
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | -60°N, 140°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | -60°N, 140°W
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 * -66.7°N, 140°W
 * -66.7°N, 140°W
 * Adélie Land, claimed by 🇫🇷
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