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Line of longitude
June 2025
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The meridian 115° east of Greenwich is a line of longitudeWhat is longitude? https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/longitude.html oceanservice.noaa.gov 30 June 2025 en that extends from the North Pole across the Arctic Ocean, Asia, the Indian Ocean, Australasia, the Southern Ocean, and Antarctica to the South Pole.
The 115th meridian east forms a great circle with the 65th meridian west.
Between Australia and the 60th parallel south it forms the western boundary of the South Pacific Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone.
From Pole to Pole
Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 115th meridian east passes through:
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| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 90 0 N 115 0 E type:waterbody Arctic Ocean
! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Arctic Ocean
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" |
|-
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 78 56 N 115 0 E type:waterbody Laptev Sea
! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Laptev Sea
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" |
|-valign="top"
| 73 38 N 115 0 E type:country Russia
! scope="row" |
| Sakha Republic Irkutsk Oblast — from 60 14 N 115 0 E type:adm1st Irkutsk Oblast Republic of Buryatia — from 56 58 N 115 0 E type:adm1st Buryatia Zabaykalsky Krai — from 54 2 N 115 0 E type:adm1st Zabaykalsky Krai
|-
| 50 11 N 115 0 E type:country Mongolia
! scope="row" |
|
|-valign="top"
| 45 24 N 115 0 E type:country China
! scope="row" |
| Inner Mongolia Hebei – from 41 34 N 115 0 E type:adm1st Hebei Henan – from 36 3 N 115 0 E type:adm1st Henan Shandong – from 35 16 N 115 0 E type:adm1st Shandong Henan – from 34 57 N 115 0 E type:adm1st Henan Anhui – for about 18 km from 33 3 N 115 0 E type:adm1st Henan Henan – from 32 52 N 115 0 E type:adm1st Henan Hubei – from 31 28 N 115 0 E type:adm1st Hubei Jiangxi – from 29 32 N 115 0 E type:adm1st Jiangxi Guangdong – from 24 41 N 115 0 E type:adm1st Guangdong
|-
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 22 42 N 115 0 E type:waterbody South China Sea
! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | South China Sea
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Passing through the disputed Spratly Islands
|-
| 5 2 N 115 0 E type:country Brunei
! scope="row" |
| On the island of Borneo, near Bandar Seri Begawan
|-
| 4 53 N 115 0 E type:country Malaysia
! scope="row" |
| Sarawak - on the island of Borneo
|-
| 2 22 N 115 0 E type:country Indonesia
! scope="row" |
| On the island of BorneoNorth KalimantanEast KalimantanCentral KalimantanSouth Kalimantan
|-
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 4 1 S 115 0 E type:waterbody Java Sea
! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Java Sea
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" |
|-
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 7 17 S 115 0 E type:waterbody Bali Sea
! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Bali Sea
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" |
|-
| 8 10 S 115 0 E type:country Indonesia
! scope="row" |
| Island of Bali
|-
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 8 32 S 115 0 E type:waterbody Indian Ocean
! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Indian Ocean
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" |
|-
| 21 27 S 115 0 E type:country Australia
! scope="row" |
| Western Australia – Thevenard Island
|-
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 21 28 S 115 0 E type:waterbody Indian Ocean
! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Indian Ocean
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" |
|-
| 21 41 S 115 0 E type:country Australia
! scope="row" |
| Western Australia
|-
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 30 14 S 115 0 E type:waterbody Indian Ocean
! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Indian Ocean
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" |
|-
| 33 40 S 115 0 E type:country Australia
! scope="row" |
| Western Australia
|-
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 34 6 S 115 0 E type:waterbody Indian Ocean
! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Indian Ocean
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" |
|-
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 60 0 S 115 0 E type:waterbody Southern Ocean
! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Southern Ocean
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" |
|-
| 66 28 S 115 0 E type:country Antarctica
! scope="row" | Antarctica
| Australian Antarctic Territory, claimed by
|-
|}
See also
114th meridian east
116th meridian east
References
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