141st meridian east

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141st meridian east

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The 141st 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

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The 141st meridian east forms a great circle with the 39th meridian west.

As a border

On the island of New Guinea, the meridian defines part of the land border between Indonesia on the west and Papua New Guinea on the east. The Fly River forms the border where it flows west of the 141st meridian. South of the Fly, the border runs slightly to the east of, and parallel to, the meridian (see Indonesia–Papua New Guinea border).

In

Victoria was originally proclaimed to be exactly on the 141st meridian, but measurement errors resulted in the present border being about 3.6 km (2.2 mi) west of this line at 140°57'45" (see South Australia–Victoria border dispute

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From Pole to Pole

Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 141st meridian east passes through:

Co-ordinates	Country, territory or sea	Notes
90°0′N 141°0′E / 90.000°N 141.000°E / 90.000; 141.000 (Arctic Ocean)	Arctic Ocean
76°1′N 141°0′E / 76.017°N 141.000°E / 76.017; 141.000 (Russia)	Russia	Sakha Republic — Kotelny Island, New Siberian Islands
74°54′N 141°0′E / 74.900°N 141.000°E / 74.900; 141.000 (East Siberian Sea)	East Siberian Sea	Sannikov Strait
74°15′N 141°0′E / 74.250°N 141.000°E / 74.250; 141.000 (Russia)	Russia	Little Lyakhovsky Island, New Siberian Islands
73°59′N 141°0′E / 73.983°N 141.000°E / 73.983; 141.000 (East Siberian Sea)	East Siberian Sea	Sannikov Strait
73°47′N 141°0′E / 73.783°N 141.000°E / 73.783; 141.000 (Russia)	Russia	Great Lyakhovsky Island, New Siberian Islands
73°23′N 141°0′E / 73.383°N 141.000°E / 73.383; 141.000 (East Siberian Sea)	East Siberian Sea	Laptev Strait
72°52′N 141°0′E / 72.867°N 141.000°E / 72.867; 141.000 (Russia)	Russia	Sakha Republic Khabarovsk Krai — from 62°29′N 141°0′E / 62.483°N 141.000°E / 62.483; 141.000 (Khabarovsk Krai)
72°42′N 141°0′E / 72.700°N 141.000°E / 72.700; 141.000 (Laptev Sea)	Laptev Sea
72°33′N 141°0′E / 72.550°N 141.000°E / 72.550; 141.000 (Russia)	Russia	Khabarovsk Krai
58°25′N 141°0′E / 58.417°N 141.000°E / 58.417; 141.000 (Sea of Okhotsk)	Sea of Okhotsk
53°24′N 141°0′E / 53.400°N 141.000°E / 53.400; 141.000 (Russia)	Russia	Khabarovsk Krai
51°40′N 141°0′E / 51.667°N 141.000°E / 51.667; 141.000 (Strait of Tartary)	Strait of Tartary	Passing just west of Moneron Island, Sakhalin Oblast, Russia (at 46°13′N 141°11′E / 46.217°N 141.183°E / 46.217; 141.183 (Moneron Island))
45°26′N 141°0′E / 45.433°N 141.000°E / 45.433; 141.000 (Japan)	Japan	Hokkaidō Prefecture — Rebun Island
45°21′N 141°0′E / 45.350°N 141.000°E / 45.350; 141.000 (Sea of Japan)	Sea of Japan
43°14′N 141°0′E / 43.233°N 141.000°E / 43.233; 141.000 (Japan)	Japan	Hokkaidō (passing through Otaru )
42°18′N 141°0′E / 42.300°N 141.000°E / 42.300; 141.000 (Pacific Ocean)	Pacific Ocean	Uchiura Bay
41°54′N 141°0′E / 41.900°N 141.000°E / 41.900; 141.000 (Japan)	Japan	Hokkaidō
41°43′N 141°0′E / 41.717°N 141.000°E / 41.717; 141.000 (Tsugaru Strait)	Tsugaru Strait
41°29′N 141°0′E / 41.483°N 141.000°E / 41.483; 141.000 (Japan)	Japan	Honshū
41°11′N 141°0′E / 41.183°N 141.000°E / 41.183; 141.000 (Mutsu Bay)	Mutsu Bay
40°56′N 141°0′E / 40.933°N 141.000°E / 40.933; 141.000 (Japan)	Japan	Island of Honshū — Aomori Prefecture — Iwate Prefecture — from 40°13′N 141°0′E / 40.217°N 141.000°E / 40.217; 141.000 (Iwate) — Miyagi Prefecture — from 38°52′N 141°0′E / 38.867°N 141.000°E / 38.867; 141.000 (Miyagi)
38°14′N 141°0′E / 38.233°N 141.000°E / 38.233; 141.000 (Pacific Ocean)	Pacific Ocean	Sendai Bay
37°46′N 141°0′E / 37.767°N 141.000°E / 37.767; 141.000 (Japan)	Japan	Honshū
37°6′N 141°0′E / 37.100°N 141.000°E / 37.100; 141.000 (Pacific Ocean)	Pacific Ocean	Passing just east of the island of Nishinoshima, Tokyo Prefecture, Japan (at 27°15′N 140°54′E / 27.250°N 140.900°E / 27.250; 140.900 (Nishinoshima))
2°36′S 141°0′E / 2.600°S 141.000°E / -2.600; 141.000	Indonesia / Papua New Guinea border
6°19′S 141°0′E / 6.317°S 141.000°E / -6.317; 141.000 (Papua New Guinea)	Papua New Guinea	The border diverts west to follow the Fly River
6°53′S 141°0′E / 6.883°S 141.000°E / -6.883; 141.000 (Indonesia)	Indonesia	The border with Papua New Guinea runs parallel to the meridian, about 2 km (1.2 mi) to the east
9°7′S 141°0′E / 9.117°S 141.000°E / -9.117; 141.000 (Arafura Sea)	Arafura Sea
11°2′S 141°0′E / 11.033°S 141.000°E / -11.033; 141.000 (Gulf of Carpentaria)	Gulf of Carpentaria
16°57′S 141°0′E / 16.950°S 141.000°E / -16.950; 141.000 (Australia)	Australia	Victoria — from 34°1′S 141°0′E / 34.017°S 141.000°E / -34.017; 141.000 (South Australia/Queensland border), the border with South Australia runs parallel to the meridian, about 3 km (1.9 mi) to the west (see above)
38°4′S 141°0′E / 38.067°S 141.000°E / -38.067; 141.000 (Indian Ocean)	Indian Ocean	Australian authorities consider this to be part of the Southern Ocean^[1]^[2]
60°0′S 141°0′E / 60.000°S 141.000°E / -60.000; 141.000 (Southern Ocean)	Southern Ocean
66°46′S 141°0′E / 66.767°S 141.000°E / -66.767; 141.000 (Antarctica)	Antarctica	claimed by France

References

^ Darby, Andrew (22 December 2003). "Canberra all at sea over position of Southern Ocean". The Age. Archived from the original on 25 December 2018. Retrieved 13 January 2013.
^ "Indian Ocean". Encyclopædia Britannica. Archived from the original on 25 December 2018. Retrieved 13 January 2013.

[1] Darby, Andrew (22 December 2003). "Canberra all at sea over position of Southern Ocean". The Age. Archived from the original on 25 December 2018. Retrieved 13 January 2013.

[2] "Indian Ocean". Encyclopædia Britannica. Archived from the original on 25 December 2018. Retrieved 13 January 2013.

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As a border

From Pole to Pole

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