118th meridian east

Line of longitude June 2025 118 The meridian 118° 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 118th meridian east forms a great circle with the 62nd meridian west. From Pole to Pole Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 118th 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 118 0 E type:waterbody Arctic Ocean ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Arctic Ocean | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 78 36 N 118 0 E type:waterbody Laptev Sea ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Laptev Sea | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | |-valign="top" | 73 35 N 118 0 E type:country Russia ! scope="row" | | Sakha Republic Irkutsk Oblast — from 59 34 N 118 0 E type:adm1st Irkutsk Oblast Zabaykalsky Krai — from 58 25 N 118 0 E type:adm1st Zabaykalsky Krai |-valign="top" | 49 36 N 118 0 E type:country China ! scope="row" | | Inner Mongolia |- | 48 2 N 118 0 E type:country Mongolia ! scope="row" | | |-valign="top" | 46 37 N 118 0 E type:country China ! scope="row" | | Inner Mongolia Hebei – for about 17 km from 42 25 N 118 0 E type:adm1st Hebei Inner Mongolia – for about 4 km from 42 16 N 118 0 E type:adm1st Inner Mongolia Hebei – from 42 13 N 118 0 E type:adm1st Hebei Tianjin – from 39 21 N 118 0 E type:adm1st Hebei |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 39 13 N 118 0 E type:waterbody Bohai Sea ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Bohai Sea | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | |-valign="top" | 38 11 N 118 0 E type:country China ! scope="row" | | Shandong Jiangsu – from 34 38 N 118 0 E type:adm1st Jiangsu Anhui – from 33 45 N 118 0 E type:adm1st Anhui Jiangsu – from 33 22 N 118 0 E type:adm1st Jiangsu Anhui – from 33 12 N 118 0 E type:adm1st Anhui Jiangxi – from 29 31 N 118 0 E type:adm1st Jiangxi Fujian – from 27 59 N 118 0 E type:adm1st Fujian, passing just west of Xiamen (at 24 27 N 118 4 E type:city Xiamen) |-valign="top" | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 24 11 N 118 0 E type:waterbody South China Sea ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | South China Sea | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Passing just east of the disputed Scarborough Shoal (at 15 7 N 117 51 E type:landmark Scarborough Shoal) |- | 9 14 N 118 0 E type:country Philippines ! scope="row" | | Island of Palawan |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 8 53 N 118 0 E type:waterbody Sulu Sea ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Sulu Sea | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | |- | 6 3 N 118 0 E type:country Malaysia ! scope="row" | | Sabah – island of Borneo |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 4 13 N 118 0 E type:waterbody Celebes Sea ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Celebes Sea | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | |- | 2 24 N 118 0 E type:country Indonesia ! scope="row" | | East Kalimantan – island of Borneo |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 2 12 N 118 0 E type:waterbody Celebes Sea ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Celebes Sea | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | |- | 1 47 N 118 0 E type:country Indonesia ! scope="row" | | East Kalimantan – island of Borneo |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 0 47 N 118 0 E type:waterbody Makassar Strait ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Makassar Strait | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 4 57 S 118 0 E type:waterbody Java Sea ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Java Sea | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Passing by numerous small islands of |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 6 59 S 118 0 E type:waterbody Flores Sea ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Flores Sea | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Passing by numerous small islands of |- | 8 6 S 118 0 E type:country Indonesia ! scope="row" | | Island of Sumbawa |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 8 52 S 118 0 E type:waterbody Indian Ocean ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Indian Ocean | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | |- | 20 28 S 118 0 E type:country Australia ! scope="row" | | Western Australia |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 35 6 S 118 0 E type:waterbody Indian Ocean ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Indian Ocean | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Australian authorities consider this to be part of the Southern Oceanhttp://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/12/21/1071941610556.html Canberra all at sea over position of Southern Ocean Darby Andrew 22 December 2003 The Age 13 January 2013 25 December 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20181225172821/https://www.theage.com.au/national/canberra-all-at-sea-over-position-of-southern-ocean-20031222-gdwzeb.html liveIndian Ocean http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/285876/Indian-Ocean Encyclopædia Britannica 13 January 2013 25 December 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20181225033356/https://www.britannica.com/place/Indian-Ocean live |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 60 0 S 118 0 E type:waterbody Southern Ocean ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Southern Ocean | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | |- | 66 59 S 118 0 E type:country Antarctica ! scope="row" | Antarctica | Australian Antarctic Territory, claimed by |- |} See also 117th meridian east 119th meridian east References collapsed March 2017 e118 meridian east