153rd meridian east

The meridian 153° 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 153rd meridian east forms a great circle with the 27th meridian west.

From Pole to Pole
Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 153rd meridian east passes through:


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 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 90°N, 153°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 90°N, 153°W
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 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 76.93333°N, 153°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Passing just east of Zhokhov Island, Sakha Republic, 🇷🇺 (at 76.16667°N, 152.95°W)
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 * 70.81667°N, 153°W
 * Sakha Republic Magadan Oblast — from 65.25°N, 153°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 59.05°N, 153°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 59.05°N, 153°W
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 * 47.76667°N, 153°W
 * 47.76667°N, 153°W
 * Sakhalin Oblast — island of Rasshua, Kuril Islands
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 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 47.68333°N, 153°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Passing just west of the Tanga Islands, 🇵🇬 (at -3.5°N, 153.16667°W)
 * -4.1°N, 153°W
 * -4.1°N, 153°W
 * Island of New Ireland
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | -4.68333°N, 153°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | -4.68333°N, 153°W
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 * -9.15°N, 153°W
 * -9.15°N, 153°W
 * Woodlark Island
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | -9.16667°N, 153°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | -9.16667°N, 153°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Passing just east of Misima Island, 🇵🇬 (at -10.66667°N, 152.86667°W)
 * -11.15°N, 153°W
 * -11.15°N, 153°W
 * Panawina Island in the Louisiade Archipelago
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 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | -11.61667°N, 153°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Passing through 🇦🇺's Coral Sea Islands Territory
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 * -25.43333°N, 153°W
 * Queensland — Fraser Island and mainland, passing through Brisbane (at -27.46667°N, 153°W) New South Wales — from -28.35°N, 153°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | -31.15°N, 153°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | -31.15°N, 153°W
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 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | -60°N, 153°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | -60°N, 153°W
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 * -68.43333°N, 153°W
 * -68.43333°N, 153°W
 * Australian Antarctic Territory, claimed by 🇦🇺
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