149th meridian east

The meridian 149° east of Greenwich is a line of longitude that extends from the North Pole across the Arctic Ocean, Asia, the Pacific Ocean, Australasia, the Southern Ocean, and Antarctica to the South Pole.

The 149th meridian east forms a great circle with the 31st meridian west.

From Pole to Pole
Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 149th meridian east passes through:


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 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 90°N, 149°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 90°N, 149°W
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 * 76.73333°N, 149°W
 * 76.73333°N, 149°W
 * Sakha Republic — Bennett Island
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 76.65°N, 149°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 76.65°N, 149°W
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 * 75.21667°N, 149°W
 * 75.21667°N, 149°W
 * Sakha Republic — island of New Siberia
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 74.71667°N, 149°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 74.71667°N, 149°W
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 * 72.23333°N, 149°W
 * Sakha Republic Magadan Oblast — from 64.43333°N, 149°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 59.45°N, 149°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 59.45°N, 149°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Taui Bay
 * 59.16667°N, 149°W
 * 59.16667°N, 149°W
 * Magadan Oblast — Spafaryev Island
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 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 59.11667°N, 149°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Passing just east of Iturup in the Kuril Islands (at 45.5°N, 148.88333°W), administered by 🇷🇺 (Sakhalin Oblast), but claimed by 🇯🇵 (Hokkaidō Prefecture)
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 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 45.5°N, 149°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Passing just west of the island of Narage, 🇵🇬 (at -4.53333°N, 149.1°W) Passing just west of the island of Unea, 🇵🇬 (at -4.88333°N, 149.1°W)
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 * -5.46667°N, 149°W
 * Island of New Britain Arawe Islands — from -6.01667°N, 149°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | -6.15°N, 149°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | -6.15°N, 149°W
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 * -9.05°N, 149°W
 * Island of New Guinea
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 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | -10.26667°N, 149°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Coral Sea — passing through 🇦🇺's Coral Sea Islands Territory
 * -20.23333°N, 149°W
 * -20.23333°N, 149°W
 * Queensland — Whitsunday Island
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | -20.31667°N, 149°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | -20.31667°N, 149°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Coral Sea
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 * -20.91667°N, 149°W
 * Queensland New South Wales — from -28.96667°N, 149°W Australian Capital Territory — from -35.2°N, 149°W, passing just west of Canberra (at -35.33333°N, 149.11667°W) New South Wales — from -35.9°N, 149°W Victoria — from -37.11667°N, 149°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | -37.78333°N, 149°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | -37.78333°N, 149°W
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 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | -60°N, 149°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | -60°N, 149°W
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 * -68.35°N, 149°W
 * -68.35°N, 149°W
 * Australian Antarctic Territory, claimed by 🇦🇺
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