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142nd meridian east

Line of longitude

Line of longitude

The 142nd 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 142nd meridian east is the estimated location of the boundary between Spain and Portugal (as per the Treaty of Zaragoza) signed on 22 April 1529. Consequently, at Possession Island 142°24'E, just before sunset on Wednesday 22 August 1770, Captain Cook declared the coast to be British territory in the name of King George III. The Coast to the west was already Dutch territory.

The 142nd meridian east forms a great circle with the 38th meridian west.

From Pole to Pole

Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 142nd meridian east passes through:

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Sakha Republic — Kotelny Island, New Siberian Islands
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Sakha Republic — Great Lyakhovsky Island, New Siberian Islands
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| ! scope="row" | | Sakha Republic Khabarovsk Krai — from |- ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Sea of Okhotsk |- | ! scope="row" |

Sakhalin Oblast — island of Sakhalin
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Sakhalin Oblast — island of Sakhalin
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Sakhalin Oblast — island of Sakhalin
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Sakhalin Oblast — island of Sakhalin
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Hokkaidō Prefecture — island of Hokkaidō
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| ! scope="row" | | Iwate Prefecture — island of Honshū |-valign="top" ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Pacific Ocean Passing just west of the island of Haha-jima, Tokyo Prefecture, (at ) |- | ! scope="row" | | |- ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Arafura Sea |- ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Gulf of Carpentaria |-valign="top" | ! scope="row" | | Queensland New South Wales — from Victoria — from |- ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Indian Ocean |- | ! scope="row" |

Victoria — Lady Julia Percy Island
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| ! scope="row" | Antarctica

Adélie Land, claimed by
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References

References

  1. "What is longitude?".
  2. "Who Did Discover Australia?: The Portuguese and Spanish". Australia on CD.
  3. Darby, Andrew. (22 December 2003). "Canberra all at sea over position of Southern Ocean". The Age.
  4. "Indian Ocean". Encyclopædia Britannica.
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