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148th meridian east
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Longitude lineJune 2025
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The meridian 148° 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 148th meridian east forms a great circle with the 32nd meridian west.
From Pole to Pole
Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 148th meridian east passes through:
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| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 90 0 N 148 0 E type:waterbody Arctic Ocean
! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Arctic Ocean
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" |
|-
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 76 40 N 148 0 E type:waterbody East Siberian Sea
! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | East Siberian Sea
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" |
|-
| 75 24 N 148 0 E type:country Russia
! scope="row" |
| Sakha Republic — island of New Siberia
|-
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 74 51 N 148 0 E type:waterbody East Siberian Sea
! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | East Siberian Sea
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" |
|-valign="top"
| 72 19 N 148 0 E type:country Russia
! scope="row" |
| Sakha Republic Magadan Oblast — from 63 56 N 148 0 E type:adm1st Magadan Oblast
|-
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 59 23 N 148 0 E type:waterbody Sea of Okhotsk
! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Sea of Okhotsk
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" |
|-valign="top"
| 45 20 N 148 0 E type:country Kuril Islands
! scope="row" | Kuril Islands
| Island of Iturup, administered by (Sakhalin Oblast), but claimed by (Hokkaidō Prefecture)
|-valign="top"
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 45 1 N 148 0 E type:waterbody Pacific Ocean
! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Pacific Ocean
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Passing just west of the island of Nauna, (at 2 12 S 148 11 E type:isle Nauna) Passing just east of Rambutyo Island, (at 2 17 S 147 52 E type:isle Rambutyo)Bismarck Sea - passing just west of Sakar Island, (at 5 24 S 148 3 E type:isle Sakar)
|-valign="top"
| 5 33 S 148 0 E type:country Papua New Guinea
! scope="row" |
| Umboi Island
|-
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 5 50 S 148 0 E type:waterbody Solomon Sea
! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Solomon Sea
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" |
|-valign="top"
| 8 4 S 148 0 E type:country Papua New Guinea
! scope="row" |
| Island of New Guinea
|-valign="top"
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 10 9 S 148 0 E type:waterbody Pacific Ocean
! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Pacific Ocean
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Coral Sea — passing through 's Coral Sea Islands Territory
|-valign="top"
| 19 55 S 148 0 E type:country Australia
! scope="row" |
| Queensland New South Wales — from 29 0 S 148 0 E type:adm1st New South Wales Victoria — from 36 8 S 148 0 E type:adm1st Victoria
|-
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 37 53 S 148 0 E type:waterbody Pacific Ocean
! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Pacific Ocean
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Tasman Sea
|-valign="top"
| 39 38 S 148 0 E type:country Australia
! scope="row" |
| Tasmania — Outer Sister Island, Flinders Island, Long Island and Cape Barren Island
|-valign="top"
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 40 25 S 148 0 E type:waterbody Bass Strait
! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Bass Strait
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Passing just west of Clarke Island, Tasmania, (at 40 32 S 148 5 E type:isle Clarke Island)
|-
| 40 45 S 148 0 E type:country Australia
! scope="row" |
| Tasmania
|-valign="top"
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 42 31 S 148 0 E type:waterbody Pacific Ocean
! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Pacific Ocean
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Tasman Sea — passing just west of Maria Island, Tasmania, (at 42 39 S 148 1 E type:isle Maria Island)
|-
| 43 13 S 148 0 E type:country Australia
! scope="row" |
| Tasmania — Tasman Peninsula
|-
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 43 15 S 148 0 E type:waterbody Pacific Ocean
! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Pacific Ocean
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" |
|-
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 60 0 S 148 0 E type:waterbody Southern Ocean
! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Southern Ocean
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" |
|-
| 67 48 S 148 0 E type:country Antarctica
! scope="row" | Antarctica
| Australian Antarctic Territory, claimed by
|-
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 68 17 S 148 0 E type:waterbody Southern Ocean
! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Southern Ocean
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Buckley Bay
|-
| 68 25 S 148 0 E type:country Antarctica
! scope="row" | Antarctica
| Australian Antarctic Territory, claimed by
|-
|}
See also
147th meridian east
149th meridian east
References
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