# 140th meridian east

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The meridian 140° 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 140th meridian east forms a great ellipse with the 40th meridian west.

## From Pole to Pole

Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 140th meridian east passes through:
    Co-ordinates Country, territory or sea Notes 90°0′N 140°0′E﻿ / ﻿90.000°N 140.000°E﻿ / 90.000; 140.000﻿ (Arctic Ocean) Arctic Ocean 75°57′N 140°0′E﻿ / ﻿75.950°N 140.000°E﻿ / 75.950; 140.000﻿ (Russia)  Russia Sakha Republic — Kotelny Island, New Siberian Islands 74°54′N 140°0′E﻿ / ﻿74.900°N 140.000°E﻿ / 74.900; 140.000﻿ (Laptev Sea) Laptev Sea 73°26′N 140°0′E﻿ / ﻿73.433°N 140.000°E﻿ / 73.433; 140.000﻿ (Russia)  Russia Sakha Republic — Great Lyakhovsky Island, New Siberian Islands 73°20′N 140°0′E﻿ / ﻿73.333°N 140.000°E﻿ / 73.333; 140.000﻿ (Laptev Sea) Laptev Sea 72°29′N 140°0′E﻿ / ﻿72.483°N 140.000°E﻿ / 72.483; 140.000﻿ (Russia)  Russia Sakha Republic Khabarovsk Krai — from 61°58′N 140°0′E﻿ / ﻿61.967°N 140.000°E﻿ / 61.967; 140.000﻿ (Khabarovsk Krai) 57°42′N 140°0′E﻿ / ﻿57.700°N 140.000°E﻿ / 57.700; 140.000﻿ (Sea of Okhotsk) Sea of Okhotsk 54°6′N 140°0′E﻿ / ﻿54.100°N 140.000°E﻿ / 54.100; 140.000﻿ (Russia)  Russia Khabarovsk Krai 48°20′N 140°0′E﻿ / ﻿48.333°N 140.000°E﻿ / 48.333; 140.000﻿ (Sea of Japan) Sea of Japan 42°41′N 140°0′E﻿ / ﻿42.683°N 140.000°E﻿ / 42.683; 140.000﻿ (Japan)  Japan Island of Hokkaidō — Hokkaidō Prefecture 42°7′N 140°0′E﻿ / ﻿42.117°N 140.000°E﻿ / 42.117; 140.000﻿ (Sea of Japan) Sea of Japan 41°38′N 140°0′E﻿ / ﻿41.633°N 140.000°E﻿ / 41.633; 140.000﻿ (Japan)  Japan Island of Hokkaidō — Hokkaidō Prefecture 41°32′N 140°0′E﻿ / ﻿41.533°N 140.000°E﻿ / 41.533; 140.000﻿ (Sea of Japan) Sea of Japan 40°44′N 140°0′E﻿ / ﻿40.733°N 140.000°E﻿ / 40.733; 140.000﻿ (Japan)  Japan Island of Honshū — Aomori Prefecture — Akita Prefecture — from 40°25′N 140°0′E﻿ / ﻿40.417°N 140.000°E﻿ / 40.417; 140.000﻿ (Akita) 39°51′N 140°0′E﻿ / ﻿39.850°N 140.000°E﻿ / 39.850; 140.000﻿ (Sea of Japan) Sea of Japan 39°20′N 140°0′E﻿ / ﻿39.333°N 140.000°E﻿ / 39.333; 140.000﻿ (Japan)  Japan Island of Honshū — Akita Prefecture — Yamagata Prefecture — from 39°6′N 140°0′E﻿ / ﻿39.100°N 140.000°E﻿ / 39.100; 140.000﻿ (Yamagata) — Fukushima Prefecture — from 37°45′N 140°0′E﻿ / ﻿37.750°N 140.000°E﻿ / 37.750; 140.000﻿ (Fukushima) — Tochigi Prefecture — from 37°8′N 140°0′E﻿ / ﻿37.133°N 140.000°E﻿ / 37.133; 140.000﻿ (Tochigi) — Ibaraki Prefecture — from 36°22′N 140°0′E﻿ / ﻿36.367°N 140.000°E﻿ / 36.367; 140.000﻿ (Ibaraki) — Chiba Prefecture — from 35°54′N 140°0′E﻿ / ﻿35.900°N 140.000°E﻿ / 35.900; 140.000﻿ (Chiba) 35°39′N 140°0′E﻿ / ﻿35.650°N 140.000°E﻿ / 35.650; 140.000﻿ (Tokyo Bay) Tokyo Bay 35°28′N 140°0′E﻿ / ﻿35.467°N 140.000°E﻿ / 35.467; 140.000﻿ (Japan)  Japan Island of Honshū — Chiba Prefecture (Bōsō Peninsula) 35°1′N 140°0′E﻿ / ﻿35.017°N 140.000°E﻿ / 35.017; 140.000﻿ (Pacific Ocean) Pacific Ocean Passing just east of the island of Hachijōjima, Tokyo Prefecture, Japan (at 33°5′N 139°52′E﻿ / ﻿33.083°N 139.867°E﻿ / 33.083; 139.867﻿ (Hachijōjima)) Passing just east of the island of Aogashima, Tokyo Prefecture, Japan (at 32°27′N 139°47′E﻿ / ﻿32.450°N 139.783°E﻿ / 32.450; 139.783﻿ (Aogashima)) Passing through the Bayonnaise Rocks, Tokyo Prefecture, Japan (at 31°55′N 139°0′E﻿ / ﻿31.917°N 139.000°E﻿ / 31.917; 139.000﻿ (Bayonnaise Rocks)) Passing just west of Smith Island, Tokyo Prefecture, Japan (at 31°26′N 140°2′E﻿ / ﻿31.433°N 140.033°E﻿ / 31.433; 140.033﻿ (Smith Island)) Passing just west of Tori Shima, Tokyo Prefecture, Japan (at 30°29′N 140°18′E﻿ / ﻿30.483°N 140.300°E﻿ / 30.483; 140.300﻿ (Tori Shima)) Passing just east of Ulithi Atoll, Federated States of Micronesia (at 9°55′N 139°34′E﻿ / ﻿9.917°N 139.567°E﻿ / 9.917; 139.567﻿ (Ulithi Atoll)) 2°21′S 140°0′E﻿ / ﻿2.350°S 140.000°E﻿ / -2.350; 140.000﻿ (Indonesia)  Indonesia Island of New Guinea 8°14′S 140°0′E﻿ / ﻿8.233°S 140.000°E﻿ / -8.233; 140.000﻿ (Arafura Sea) Arafura Sea 11°22′S 140°0′E﻿ / ﻿11.367°S 140.000°E﻿ / -11.367; 140.000﻿ (Gulf of Carpentaria) Gulf of Carpentaria 17°43′S 140°0′E﻿ / ﻿17.717°S 140.000°E﻿ / -17.717; 140.000﻿ (Australia)  Australia Queensland South Australia — from 26°0′S 140°0′E﻿ / ﻿26.000°S 140.000°E﻿ / -26.000; 140.000﻿ (South Australia) 37°29′S 140°0′E﻿ / ﻿37.483°S 140.000°E﻿ / -37.483; 140.000﻿ (Indian Ocean) Indian Ocean Australian authorities consider this to be part of the Southern Ocean 60°0′S 140°0′E﻿ / ﻿60.000°S 140.000°E﻿ / -60.000; 140.000﻿ (Southern Ocean) Southern Ocean 66°42′S 140°0′E﻿ / ﻿66.700°S 140.000°E﻿ / -66.700; 140.000﻿ (Antarctica) Antarctica Adélie Land, claimed by France

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* 40°N and 140°E Crossing Point in Ogata, Akita