156th meridian east
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The meridian 156° 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.
The 156th meridian east forms a great circle with the 24th meridian west.
From Pole to Pole
Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 156th meridian east passes through:
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Co-ordinates Country, territory or sea Notes Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Arctic Ocean Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. East Siberian Sea Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Russia
Sakha Republic
Magadan Oblast — from Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Sea of Okhotsk Shelikhov Gulf Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Russia
Kamchatka Krai — Kamchatka Peninsula Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Sea of Okhotsk Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Russia
Sakhalin Oblast — island of Paramushir, Kuril Islands Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Pacific Ocean Passing just east of Bougainville Island, Papua New Guinea (at Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.)
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Solomon Islands
Ovau Island Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Solomon Sea Passing just west of Fauro Island, Solomon Islands (at Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.)
Passing just east of Shortland Island,Solomon Islands (at Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.)
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Coral Sea Passing through the Coral Sea Islands Territory, Australia
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Pacific Ocean Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Southern Ocean Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Antarctica Australian Antarctic Territory, claimed by Australia