157th meridian east

The meridian 157° 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 157th meridian east forms a great circle with the 23rd meridian west.

From Pole to Pole
Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 157th meridian east passes through:


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 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 90°N, 157°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 90°N, 157°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Passing just east of Henrietta Island, Sakha Republic, 🇷🇺 (at 77.1°N, 156.71667°W)
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 77.03333°N, 157°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 77.03333°N, 157°W
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 * 71.08333°N, 157°W
 * Sakha Republic Magadan Oblast — from 66.01667°N, 157°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 61.58333°N, 157°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 61.58333°N, 157°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Shelikhov Gulf
 * 57.85°N, 157°W
 * 57.85°N, 157°W
 * Kamchatka Krai — Kamchatka Peninsula
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 51.08333°N, 157°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 51.08333°N, 157°W
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 * -4.7°N, 157°W
 * -4.7°N, 157°W
 * Takuu atoll
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | -4.8°N, 157°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | -4.8°N, 157°W
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 * -6.88333°N, 157°W
 * -6.88333°N, 157°W
 * Choiseul Island
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | -7.26667°N, 157°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | -7.26667°N, 157°W
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 * -7.86667°N, 157°W
 * -7.86667°N, 157°W
 * Island of Kolombangara
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 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | -8.1°N, 157°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Passing just west of Vonavona Island, 🇸🇧 (at 8.18333°N, 157°W)
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | -11.78333°N, 157°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | -11.78333°N, 157°W
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 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | -29.95°N, 157°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | -29.95°N, 157°W
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 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | -60°N, 157°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | -60°N, 157°W
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 * -69.2°N, 157°W
 * -69.2°N, 157°W
 * Australian Antarctic Territory, claimed by 🇦🇺
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