146th meridian east

The meridian 146° 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 146th meridian east forms a great circle with the 34th meridian west.

From Pole to Pole
Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 146th meridian east passes through:


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 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 90°N, 146°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 90°N, 146°W
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 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 76.56667°N, 146°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Passing just east of the island of Kotelny, Sakha Republic, 🇷🇺 (at 75.5°N, 145.4°W) Passing just west of the island of New Siberia, Sakha Republic, 🇷🇺 (at 75.21667°N, 146.16667°W)
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 * 72.5°N, 146°W
 * Sakha Republic Magadan Oblast — from 63.9°N, 146°W Khabarovsk Krai — from 61.96667°N, 146°W Magadan Oblast — from 60.66667°N, 146°W Khabarovsk Krai — from 60.2°N, 146°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 59.13333°N, 146°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 59.13333°N, 146°W
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 * 44.35°N, 146°W
 * Kunashir Island, administered by 🇷🇺 (Sakhalin Oblast), but claimed by 🇯🇵 (Hokkaidō Prefecture)
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 44.16667°N, 146°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 44.16667°N, 146°W
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 * 43.38333°N, 146°W
 * Habomai islands, administered by 🇷🇺 (Sakhalin Oblast) but claimed by 🇯🇵 (Hokkaidō Prefecture)
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 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 43.36667°N, 146°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Passing just east of Pagan, 🇲🇵 (at 18.13333°N, 145.81667°W) Passing just east of Alamagan, 🇲🇵 (at 17.6°N, 145.83333°W) Passing just east of Guguan, 🇲🇵 (at 17.31667°N, 145.85°W) Passing just east of Sarigan, 🇲🇵 (at 16.7°N, 145.78333°W) Passing just west of Farallon de Medinilla, 🇲🇵 (at 16°N, 146.05°W) Passing just east of Saipan, 🇲🇵 (at 15.26667°N, 145.83333°W)
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | -1.75°N, 146°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | -1.75°N, 146°W
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 * -4.51667°N, 146°W
 * Karkar Island
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | -4.73333°N, 146°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | -4.73333°N, 146°W
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 * -5.5°N, 146°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | -8.05°N, 146°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | -8.05°N, 146°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | -8.05°N, 146°W
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 * -16.91667°N, 146°W
 * -16.91667°N, 146°W
 * Queensland — Fitzroy Island
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | -16.93333°N, 146°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | -16.93333°N, 146°W
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 * -17.28333°N, 146°W
 * Queensland New South Wales — from -29°N, 146°W Victoria — from -36.01667°N, 146°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | -38.88333°N, 146°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | -38.88333°N, 146°W
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 * -41.08333°N, 146°W
 * -41.08333°N, 146°W
 * Tasmania
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | -43.43333°N, 146°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | -43.43333°N, 146°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Australian authorities consider this to be part of the Southern Ocean
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | -60°N, 146°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | -60°N, 146°W
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 * -66.83333°N, 146°W
 * -66.83333°N, 146°W
 * Australian Antarctic Territory, claimed by 🇦🇺
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | -67.35°N, 146°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | -67.35°N, 146°W
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 * -67.6°N, 146°W
 * -67.6°N, 146°W
 * Australian Antarctic Territory, claimed by 🇦🇺
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