145th meridian east

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145th meridian east

The meridian 145° 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 145th meridian east forms a great circle with the 35th meridian west.

From Pole to Pole

Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 145th meridian east passes through:

Co-ordinates Country, territory or sea Notes
90°0′N 145°0′E / 90.000°N 145.000°E / 90.000; 145.000 (Arctic Ocean) Arctic Ocean
75°37′N 145°0′E / 75.617°N 145.000°E / 75.617; 145.000 (Russia)  Russia Sakha RepublicKotelny Island, New Siberian Islands
75°27′N 145°0′E / 75.450°N 145.000°E / 75.450; 145.000 (East Siberian Sea) East Siberian Sea
72°35′N 145°0′E / 72.583°N 145.000°E / 72.583; 145.000 (Russia)  Russia Sakha Republic
Magadan Oblast — from 62°14′N 145°0′E / 62.233°N 145.000°E / 62.233; 145.000 (Magadan Oblast)
Khabarovsk Krai — from 62°1′N 145°0′E / 62.017°N 145.000°E / 62.017; 145.000 (Khabarovsk Krai)
59°22′N 145°0′E / 59.367°N 145.000°E / 59.367; 145.000 (Sea of Okhotsk) Sea of Okhotsk Passing just east of the island of Sakhalin, Sakhalin Oblast,  Russia (at 48°39′N 144°45′E / 48.650°N 144.750°E / 48.650; 144.750 (Sakhalin))
44°4′N 145°0′E / 44.067°N 145.000°E / 44.067; 145.000 (Japan)  Japan
Hokkaidō
42°59′N 145°0′E / 42.983°N 145.000°E / 42.983; 145.000 (Pacific Ocean) Pacific Ocean Passing just east of Farallon de Pajaros island,  Northern Mariana Islands (at 20°32′N 144°54′E / 20.533°N 144.900°E / 20.533; 144.900 (Farallon de Pajaros))
Passing just west of Rota island,  Northern Mariana Islands (at 14°7′N 145°7′E / 14.117°N 145.117°E / 14.117; 145.117 (Rota))
Passing just east of  Guam (at 13°35′N 144°57′E / 13.583°N 144.950°E / 13.583; 144.950 (Guam))
Passing just west of the Hermit Islands,  Papua New Guinea (at 1°33′S 145°1′E / 1.550°S 145.017°E / -1.550; 145.017 (Hermit Islands)) and into the Bismarck Sea
4°3′S 145°0′E / 4.050°S 145.000°E / -4.050; 145.000 (Papua New Guinea)  Papua New Guinea Island of
Manam
4°7′S 145°0′E / 4.117°S 145.000°E / -4.117; 145.000 (Pacific Ocean) Pacific Ocean Bismarck Sea
4°19′S 145°0′E / 4.317°S 145.000°E / -4.317; 145.000 (Papua New Guinea)  Papua New Guinea
7°49′S 145°0′E / 7.817°S 145.000°E / -7.817; 145.000 (Coral Sea) Coral Sea Passing just east of )
14°45′S 145°0′E / 14.750°S 145.000°E / -14.750; 145.000 (Australia)  Australia )
37°57′S 145°0′E / 37.950°S 145.000°E / -37.950; 145.000 (Port Phillip Bay) Port Phillip Bay
38°16′S 145°0′E / 38.267°S 145.000°E / -38.267; 145.000 (Australia)  Australia
38°29′S 145°0′E / 38.483°S 145.000°E / -38.483; 145.000 (Bass Strait) Bass Strait Passing just east of Three Hummock Island, Tasmania,  Australia (at 40°25′S 144°58′E / 40.417°S 144.967°E / -40.417; 144.967 (Three Hummock Island))
40°41′S 145°0′E / 40.683°S 145.000°E / -40.683; 145.000 (Australia)  Australia TasmaniaRobbins Island and the Tasmanian mainland
41°46′S 145°0′E / 41.767°S 145.000°E / -41.767; 145.000 (Indian Ocean) Indian Ocean Australian authorities consider this to be part of the Southern Ocean[1][2]
60°0′S 145°0′E / 60.000°S 145.000°E / -60.000; 145.000 (Southern Ocean) Southern Ocean
67°0′S 145°0′E / 67.000°S 145.000°E / -67.000; 145.000 (Antarctica) Antarctica
claimed by  Australia

See also

References

  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.