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143rd meridian east

Line of longitude

Line of longitude

The 143rd 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 143rd meridian east forms a great circle with the 37th meridian west.

From Pole to Pole

Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 143rd 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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| ! scope="row" | | Hokkaidō Prefecture — island of Hokkaidō |-valign="top" ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Pacific Ocean Passing just east of Wuvulu Island, (at ) |- | ! scope="row" | | |-valign="top" ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Coral Sea |-valign="top" | ! scope="row" | | Queensland New South Wales — from Victoria — from |- ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Indian Ocean |- ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Southern Ocean |- | ! scope="row" | Antarctica

Australian Antarctic Territory, claimed by
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References

References

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