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158th meridian east
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Line of longitude
May 2025
158
The meridian 158° 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.
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Vincenty formula for distance between two Latitude/Longitude points
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The 158th meridian east forms a great circle with the 22nd meridian west.
From Pole to Pole
Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 158th meridian east passes through:
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! scope="col" width="130" | Co-ordinates
! scope="col" | Country, territory or sea
! scope="col" | Notes
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| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 90 0 N 158 0 E type:waterbody Arctic Ocean
! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Arctic Ocean
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" |
|-
| 76 49 N 158 0 E type:country Russia
! scope="row" |
| Sakha Republic — Jeannette Island
|-
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 76 46 N 158 0 E type:waterbody East Siberian Sea
! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | East Siberian Sea
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" |
|-valign="top"
| 71 1 N 158 0 E type:country Russia
! scope="row" |
| Sakha Republic Chukotka Autonomous Okrug — from 67 43 N 158 0 E type:adm1st Chukotka Autonomous Okrug Sakha Republic — from 67 15 N 158 0 E type:adm1st Sakha Republic Magadan Oblast — from 66 7 N 158 0 E type:adm1st Magadan Oblast
|-
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 61 44 N 158 0 E type:waterbody Sea of Okhotsk
! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Sea of Okhotsk
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Shelikhov Gulf
|-
| 57 59 N 158 0 E type:country Russia
! scope="row" |
| Kamchatka Krai — Kamchatka Peninsula
|-
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 51 44 N 158 0 E type:waterbody Pacific Ocean
! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Pacific Ocean
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" |
|-valign="top"
| 6 49 N 158 0 E type:country Federated States of Micronesia
! scope="row" |
| Ant Atoll — just west of the island of Pohnpei
|-valign="top"
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 6 45 N 158 0 E type:waterbody Pacific Ocean
! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Pacific Ocean
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Passing between the islands of Sikopo and Kerehikapa, (at 7 26 S 158 0 E type:country Sikopo and Kerehikapa)
|-
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 7 27 S 158 0 E type:waterbody New Georgia Sound
! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | New Georgia Sound
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" |
|-
| 8 30 S 158 0 E type:country Solomon Islands
! scope="row" |
| Islands of Marovo and Vangunu
|-
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 8 46 S 158 0 E type:waterbody Solomon Sea
! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Solomon Sea
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" |
|-valign="top"
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 11 49 S 158 0 E type:waterbody Coral Sea
! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Coral Sea
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Passing just west of the Chesterfield Islands, (at 19 37 S 158 11 E type:country Chesterfield Islands)
|-
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 29 56 S 158 0 E type:waterbody Pacific Ocean
! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Pacific Ocean
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" |
|-
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 60 0 S 158 0 E type:waterbody Southern Ocean
! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Southern Ocean
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" |
|-
| 69 14 S 158 0 E type:country Antarctica
! scope="row" | Antarctica
| Australian Antarctic Territory, claimed by
|-
|}
See also
157th meridian east
159th meridian east
References
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