# 143rd meridian east

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The 143rd meridian 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 143rd meridian east forms a great circle with the 37th meridian west.

## From Pole to Pole

Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 143rd meridian east passes through:
    Co-ordinates Country, territory or sea Notes 90°0′N 143°0′E﻿ / ﻿90.000°N 143.000°E﻿ / 90.000; 143.000﻿ (Arctic Ocean) Arctic Ocean 75°49′N 143°0′E﻿ / ﻿75.817°N 143.000°E﻿ / 75.817; 143.000﻿ (Russia)  Russia Sakha Republic — Kotelny Island, New Siberian Islands 74°53′N 143°0′E﻿ / ﻿74.883°N 143.000°E﻿ / 74.883; 143.000﻿ (East Siberian Sea) East Siberian Sea Sannikov Strait 73°42′N 143°0′E﻿ / ﻿73.700°N 143.000°E﻿ / 73.700; 143.000﻿ (Russia)  Russia Sakha Republic — Great Lyakhovsky Island, New Siberian Islands 73°12′N 143°0′E﻿ / ﻿73.200°N 143.000°E﻿ / 73.200; 143.000﻿ (East Siberian Sea) East Siberian Sea Laptev Strait 72°42′N 143°0′E﻿ / ﻿72.700°N 143.000°E﻿ / 72.700; 143.000﻿ (Russia)  Russia Sakha Republic Khabarovsk Krai — from 61°55′N 143°0′E﻿ / ﻿61.917°N 143.000°E﻿ / 61.917; 143.000﻿ (Khabarovsk Krai) 59°19′N 143°0′E﻿ / ﻿59.317°N 143.000°E﻿ / 59.317; 143.000﻿ (Sea of Okhotsk) Sea of Okhotsk 53°38′N 143°0′E﻿ / ﻿53.633°N 143.000°E﻿ / 53.633; 143.000﻿ (Russia)  Russia Sakhalin Oblast — island of Sakhalin 49°9′N 143°0′E﻿ / ﻿49.150°N 143.000°E﻿ / 49.150; 143.000﻿ (Sea of Okhotsk) Sea of Okhotsk 47°16′N 143°0′E﻿ / ﻿47.267°N 143.000°E﻿ / 47.267; 143.000﻿ (Russia)  Russia Sakhalin Oblast — island of Sakhalin 46°36′N 143°0′E﻿ / ﻿46.600°N 143.000°E﻿ / 46.600; 143.000﻿ (Sea of Okhotsk) Sea of Okhotsk 44°33′N 143°0′E﻿ / ﻿44.550°N 143.000°E﻿ / 44.550; 143.000﻿ (Japan)  Japan Hokkaidō Prefecture — island of Hokkaidō 42°5′N 143°0′E﻿ / ﻿42.083°N 143.000°E﻿ / 42.083; 143.000﻿ (Pacific Ocean) Pacific Ocean Passing just west of Aua Island, Papua New Guinea (at 1°28′S 143°2′E﻿ / ﻿1.467°S 143.033°E﻿ / -1.467; 143.033﻿ (Aua Island)) Passing just east of Wuvulu Island, Papua New Guinea (at 1°44′S 142°52′E﻿ / ﻿1.733°S 142.867°E﻿ / -1.733; 142.867﻿ (Wuvulu Island)) 3°21′S 143°0′E﻿ / ﻿3.350°S 143.000°E﻿ / -3.350; 143.000﻿ (Papua New Guinea)  Papua New Guinea 9°7′S 143°0′E﻿ / ﻿9.117°S 143.000°E﻿ / -9.117; 143.000﻿ (Coral Sea) Coral Sea Torres Strait — passing amongst the Torres Strait Islands, Queensland, Australia 11°56′S 143°0′E﻿ / ﻿11.933°S 143.000°E﻿ / -11.933; 143.000﻿ (Australia)  Australia Queensland New South Wales — from 29°0′S 143°0′E﻿ / ﻿29.000°S 143.000°E﻿ / -29.000; 143.000﻿ (New South Wales) Victoria — from 34°41′S 143°0′E﻿ / ﻿34.683°S 143.000°E﻿ / -34.683; 143.000﻿ (Victoria) 38°37′S 143°0′E﻿ / ﻿38.617°S 143.000°E﻿ / -38.617; 143.000﻿ (Indian Ocean) Indian Ocean Australian authorities consider this to be part of the Southern Ocean 60°0′S 143°0′E﻿ / ﻿60.000°S 143.000°E﻿ / -60.000; 143.000﻿ (Southern Ocean) Southern Ocean 66°57′S 143°0′E﻿ / ﻿66.950°S 143.000°E﻿ / -66.950; 143.000﻿ (Antarctica) Antarctica Australian Antarctic Territory, claimed by Australia