143rd meridian east

The 143rd meridian 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 143rd meridian east forms a great circle with the 37th meridian west.

From Pole to Pole
Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 143rd meridian east passes through:


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 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 90°N, 143°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 90°N, 143°W
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 * 75.81667°N, 143°W
 * 75.81667°N, 143°W
 * Sakha Republic — Kotelny Island, New Siberian Islands
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 74.88333°N, 143°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 74.88333°N, 143°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Sannikov Strait
 * 73.7°N, 143°W
 * 73.7°N, 143°W
 * Sakha Republic — Great Lyakhovsky Island, New Siberian Islands
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 73.2°N, 143°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 73.2°N, 143°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Laptev Strait
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 * 72.7°N, 143°W
 * Sakha Republic Khabarovsk Krai — from 61.91667°N, 143°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 59.31667°N, 143°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 59.31667°N, 143°W
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 * 53.63333°N, 143°W
 * 53.63333°N, 143°W
 * Sakhalin Oblast — island of Sakhalin
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 49.15°N, 143°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 49.15°N, 143°W
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 * 47.26667°N, 143°W
 * 47.26667°N, 143°W
 * Sakhalin Oblast — island of Sakhalin
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 46.6°N, 143°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 46.6°N, 143°W
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 * 44.55°N, 143°W
 * 44.55°N, 143°W
 * Hokkaidō Prefecture — island of Hokkaidō
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 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 42.08333°N, 143°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Passing just west of Aua Island, 🇵🇬 (at -1.46667°N, 143.03333°W) Passing just east of Wuvulu Island, 🇵🇬 (at -1.73333°N, 142.86667°W)
 * -3.35°N, 143°W
 * -3.35°N, 143°W
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 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | -9.11667°N, 143°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | -9.11667°N, 143°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Torres Strait — passing amongst the Torres Strait Islands, Queensland, 🇦🇺
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 * -11.93333°N, 143°W
 * Queensland New South Wales — from -29°N, 143°W Victoria — from -34.68333°N, 143°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | -38.61667°N, 143°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | -38.61667°N, 143°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Australian authorities consider this to be part of the Southern Ocean
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | -60°N, 143°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | -60°N, 143°W
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 * -66.95°N, 143°W
 * -66.95°N, 143°W
 * Australian Antarctic Territory, claimed by 🇦🇺
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