156th meridian east

Line of longitude June 2025 156 The meridian 156° 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 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: {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" ! scope="col" width="130" | Co-ordinates ! scope="col" | Country, territory or sea ! scope="col" | Notes |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 90 0 N 156 0 E type:waterbody Arctic Ocean ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Arctic Ocean | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 77 5 N 156 0 E type:waterbody East Siberian Sea ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | East Siberian Sea | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | |-valign="top" | 71 5 N 156 0 E type:country Russia ! scope="row" | | Sakha Republic Magadan Oblast — from 66 4 N 156 0 E type:adm1st Magadan Oblast |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 60 57 N 156 0 E type:waterbody Sea of Okhotsk ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Sea of Okhotsk | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Shelikhov Gulf |- | 56 42 N 156 0 E type:country Russia ! scope="row" | | Kamchatka Krai — Kamchatka Peninsula |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 53 35 N 156 0 E type:waterbody Sea of Okhotsk ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Sea of Okhotsk | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | |- | 50 45 N 156 0 E type:country Russia ! scope="row" | | Sakhalin Oblast — island of Paramushir, Kuril Islands |-valign="top" | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 50 23 N 156 0 E type:waterbody Pacific Ocean ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Pacific Ocean | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Passing just east of Bougainville Island, (at 6 42 S 155 57 E type:isle Bougainville Island) |- | 6 47 S 156 0 E type:country Papua New Guinea ! scope="row" | | Ovau Island |-valign="top" | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 6 49 S 156 0 E type:waterbody Solomon Sea ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Solomon Sea | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Passing just west of Fauro Island, (at 6 58 S 156 1 E type:isle Fauro Island) Passing just east of Shortland Island, (at 7 2 S 155 51 E type:isle Shortland Island) |-valign="top" | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 11 46 S 156 0 E type:waterbody Coral Sea ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Coral Sea | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Passing through the Coral Sea Islands Territory, |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 29 58 S 156 0 E type:waterbody Pacific Ocean ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Pacific Ocean | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 60 0 S 156 0 E type:waterbody Southern Ocean ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Southern Ocean | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | |- | 69 0 S 156 0 E type:country Antarctica ! scope="row" | Antarctica | Australian Antarctic Territory, claimed by |- |} See also 155th meridian east 157th meridian east References collapsed e156 meridian east