137th meridian east

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137th meridian east

The meridian 137° 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 137th meridian east forms a great circle with the 43rd meridian west.
Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 137th meridian east passes through:

Co-ordinates Country, territory or sea Notes
Arctic Ocean
Laptev Sea
 Russia Kotelny Island, New Siberian Islands
Laptev Sea
 Russia
Sea of Okhotsk
 Russia Feklistova Island
Sea of Okhotsk
 Russia
Sea of Japan
 Japan Island of Honshū
Mikawa Bay
Pacific Ocean
 Indonesia Island of Kurudu
Cenderawasih Bay
 Indonesia Island of New Guinea
Arafura Sea
Gulf of Carpentaria Passing just east of Groote Eylandt,  Australia
 Australia Northern Territory - Vanderlin Island and the mainland
South Australia
Spencer Gulf
 Australia South Australia - Yorke Peninsula
Investigator Strait
 Australia South Australia - Kangaroo Island
Indian Ocean Australian authorities consider this to be part of the Southern Ocean
Southern Ocean
Antarctica Adélie Land, claimed by  France

See also