158th meridian east

The meridian 158° east of Greenwich is a line of longitude that extends from the North Pole across the Arctic Ocean, Asia, the Pacific Ocean, Australasia, the Southern Ocean, and Antarctica to the South Pole.

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158th meridian east

The 158th meridian east forms a great circle with the 22nd meridian west.

From Pole to Pole

Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 158th meridian east passes through:

Co-ordinates Country, territory or sea Notes
90°0′N 158°0′E Arctic Ocean
76°49′N 158°0′E  Russia Sakha RepublicJeannette Island
76°46′N 158°0′E East Siberian Sea
71°1′N 158°0′E  Russia Sakha Republic
Chukotka Autonomous Okrug — from 67°43′N 158°0′E
Sakha Republic — from 67°15′N 158°0′E
Magadan Oblast — from 66°7′N 158°0′E
61°44′N 158°0′E Sea of Okhotsk Shelikhov Gulf
57°59′N 158°0′E  Russia Kamchatka KraiKamchatka Peninsula
51°44′N 158°0′E Pacific Ocean
6°49′N 158°0′E  Federated States of Micronesia Ant Atoll — just west of the island of Pohnpei
6°45′N 158°0′E Pacific Ocean Passing between the islands of Sikopo and Kerehikapa,  Solomon Islands (at 7°26′S 158°0′E)
7°27′S 158°0′E New Georgia Sound
8°30′S 158°0′E  Solomon Islands Islands of Marovo and Vangunu
8°46′S 158°0′E Solomon Sea
11°49′S 158°0′E Coral Sea Passing just west of the Chesterfield Islands,  New Caledonia (at 19°37′S 158°11′E)
29°56′S 158°0′E Pacific Ocean
60°0′S 158°0′E Southern Ocean
69°14′S 158°0′E Antarctica Australian Antarctic Territory, claimed by  Australia

See also

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