140th meridian east

Line of longitude June 2025 140 The meridian 140° 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 Indian Ocean, the Southern Ocean, and Antarctica to the South Pole. The 140th meridian east forms a great ellipse with the 40th meridian west. From Pole to Pole Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 140th 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 140 0 E type:waterbody Arctic Ocean ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Arctic Ocean | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | |- | 75 57 N 140 0 E type:country Russia ! scope="row" | | Sakha Republic — Kotelny Island, New Siberian Islands |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 74 54 N 140 0 E type:waterbody Laptev Sea ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Laptev Sea | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | |- | 73 26 N 140 0 E type:country Russia ! scope="row" | | Sakha Republic — Great Lyakhovsky Island, New Siberian Islands |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 73 20 N 140 0 E type:waterbody Laptev Sea ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Laptev Sea | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | |-valign="top" | 72 29 N 140 0 E type:country Russia ! scope="row" | | Sakha Republic Khabarovsk Krai — from 61 58 N 140 0 E type:adm1st Khabarovsk Krai |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 57 42 N 140 0 E type:waterbody Sea of Okhotsk ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Sea of Okhotsk | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | |- | 54 6 N 140 0 E type:country Russia ! scope="row" | | Khabarovsk Krai |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 48 20 N 140 0 E type:waterbody Sea of Japan ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Sea of Japan | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | |-valign="top" | 42 41 N 140 0 E type:country Japan ! scope="row" | | Island of Hokkaidō— Hokkaidō Prefecture |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 42 7 N 140 0 E type:waterbody Sea of Japan ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Sea of Japan | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | |-valign="top" | 41 38 N 140 0 E type:country Japan ! scope="row" | | Island of Hokkaidō— Hokkaidō Prefecture |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 41 32 N 140 0 E type:waterbody Sea of Japan ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Sea of Japan | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | |-valign="top" | 40 44 N 140 0 E type:country Japan ! scope="row" | | Island of Honshū— Aomori Prefecture— Akita Prefecture — from 40 25 N 140 0 E type:adm1st Akita |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 39 51 N 140 0 E type:waterbody Sea of Japan ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Sea of Japan | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | |-valign="top" | 39 20 N 140 0 E type:country Japan ! scope="row" | | Island of Honshū— Akita Prefecture— Yamagata Prefecture — from 39 6 N 140 0 E type:adm1st Yamagata— Fukushima Prefecture — from 37 45 N 140 0 E type:adm1st Fukushima— Tochigi Prefecture — from 37 8 N 140 0 E type:adm1st Tochigi— Ibaraki Prefecture — from 36 22 N 140 0 E type:adm1st Ibaraki— Chiba Prefecture — from 35 54 N 140 0 E type:adm1st Chiba |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 35 39 N 140 0 E type:waterbody Tokyo Bay ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Tokyo Bay | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | |-valign="top" | 35 28 N 140 0 E type:country Japan ! scope="row" | | Island of Honshū— Chiba Prefecture (Bōsō Peninsula) |-valign="top" | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 35 1 N 140 0 E type:waterbody Pacific Ocean ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Pacific Ocean | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Passing just east of the island of Hachijōjima, Tokyo Prefecture, (at 33 5 N 139 52 E type:isle Hachijōjima) Passing just east of the island of Aogashima, Tokyo Prefecture, (at 32 27 N 139 47 E type:isle Aogashima) Passing through the Bayonnaise Rocks, Tokyo Prefecture, (at 31 55 N 139 0 E type:isle Bayonnaise Rocks) Passing just west of Smith Island, Tokyo Prefecture, (at 31 26 N 140 2 E type:isle Smith Island) Passing just west of Tori Shima, Tokyo Prefecture, (at 30 29 N 140 18 E type:isle Tori Shima) Passing just east of Ulithi Atoll, (at 9 55 N 139 34 E type:isle Ulithi Atoll) |- | 2 21 S 140 0 E type:country Indonesia ! scope="row" | | Island of New Guinea |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 8 14 S 140 0 E type:waterbody Arafura Sea ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Arafura Sea | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 11 22 S 140 0 E type:waterbody Gulf of Carpentaria ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Gulf of Carpentaria | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | |-valign="top" | 17 43 S 140 0 E type:country Australia ! scope="row" | | Queensland South Australia — from 26 0 S 140 0 E type:adm1st South Australia |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 37 29 S 140 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 140 0 E type:waterbody Southern Ocean ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Southern Ocean | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | |- | 66 42 S 140 0 E type:country Antarctica ! scope="row" | Antarctica | Adélie Land, claimed by |- |} Japan Gallery See also 139th meridian east 141st meridian east References collapsed March 2017 e140 meridian east