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127th meridian east

Line of longitude

The meridian 127° east of Greenwich is a line of longitude that extends from the North Pole across the Arctic Ocean, Asia, Australia, the Indian Ocean, the Southern Ocean, and Antarctica to the South Pole.

The 127th meridian east forms a great circle with the 53rd meridian west.

World Map in outline centred on East Asia and Australia.

From Pole to Pole

Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 127th meridian east passes through:

:{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" ! scope="col" width="130" | Co-ordinates ! scope="col" | Country, territory or sea ! scope="col" | Notes |- ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Arctic Ocean |- ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Laptev Sea |-valign="top" | ! scope="row" | | Sakha Republic — islands of the Lena Delta and the mainland Amur Oblast — from |-valign="top" | ! scope="row" | | Heilongjiang Jilin — from Heilongjiang — for about 10 km from Jilin — from |- | ! scope="row" | |Jagang Province Yanggang Province South Hamgyeong Province South Pyeongan Province South Hamgyeong Province Gangwon Province |- | ! scope="row" | | Gyeonggi Province Passing through Seoul Gyeonggi Province - Passing through of Suwon South Chungcheong Province North Jeolla Province - Passing just west of Jeonju South Jeolla Province Passing just east of Gwangju South Jeolla Province |-valign="top" ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | East China Sea Passing just west of the island of Tonakijima, Okinawa Prefecture, (at ) Passing just east of the island of Kumejima, Okinawa Prefecture, (at ) |-valign="top" ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Pacific Ocean |-valign="top" ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Molucca Sea Passing just west of the island of Kasiruta, (at ) |- ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Ceram Sea |- | ! scope="row" | | Island of Buru |-valign="top" ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Banda Sea Passing just west of the island of Kisar, (at ) |- | ! scope="row" | | |- ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Timor Sea |- | ! scope="row" |

Western Australia
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| ! scope="row" | Antarctica

Australian Antarctic Territory, claimed by
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References

"What is longitude?".
Darby, Andrew. (22 December 2003). "Canberra all at sea over position of Southern Ocean". The Age.
"Indian Ocean". Encyclopædia Britannica.

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