137th meridian east

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.
From Pole to Pole
Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 137th meridian east passes through:
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! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Arctic Ocean
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! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Laptev Sea
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| Sakha Republic — Kotelny Island, New Siberian Islands
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! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Laptev Sea
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| Sakha Republic Khabarovsk Krai — from
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! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Sea of Okhotsk
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| Khabarovsk Krai — Feklistova Island
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! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Sea of Okhotsk
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| Khabarovsk Krai — passing through Komsomolsk-on-Amur at Primorsky Krai — from
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! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Sea of Japan
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| Island of Honshū— Ishikawa Prefecture— Toyama Prefecture — from (passing through Takaoka city)— Gifu Prefecture — from — Aichi Prefecture — from (passing just east of Nagoya city center)
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! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Mikawa Bay
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! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Pacific Ocean
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| Island of Kurudu
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! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Cenderawasih Bay
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| Island of New Guinea
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! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Arafura Sea
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! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Gulf of Carpentaria
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Passing just east of Groote Eylandt, (at )
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| Northern Territory — Vanderlin Island and the mainland South Australia — from
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! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Spencer Gulf
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| South Australia — Yorke Peninsula
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! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Investigator Strait
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| South Australia — Kangaroo Island
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! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Indian Ocean
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Australian authorities consider this to be part of the Southern Ocean
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! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Southern Ocean
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! scope="row" | Antarctica
| Adélie Land, claimed by
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See also
136th meridian east
138th meridian east
References
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