146th meridian east

Line of longitude 146 The meridian 146° 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 146th meridian east forms a great circle with the 34th meridian west. From Pole to Pole Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 146th meridian east passes through: {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" ! scope="col" width="130" | Co-ordinates ! scope="col" width="140" | Country, territory or sea ! scope="col" | Notes |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 90 0 N 146 0 E type:waterbody Arctic Ocean ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Arctic Ocean | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | |-valign="top" | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 76 34 N 146 0 E type:waterbody East Siberian Sea ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | East Siberian Sea | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Passing just east of the island of Kotelny, Sakha Republic, (at 75 30 N 145 24 E type:isle Kotelny) Passing just west of the island of New Siberia, Sakha Republic, (at 75 13 N 146 10 E type:isle New Siberia) |-valign="top" | 72 30 N 146 0 E type:country Russia ! scope="row" | | Sakha Republic Magadan Oblast — from 63 54 N 146 0 E type:adm1st Magadan Oblast Khabarovsk Krai — from 61 58 N 146 0 E type:adm1st Khabarovsk Krai Magadan Oblast — from 60 40 N 146 0 E type:adm1st Magadan Oblast Khabarovsk Krai — from 60 12 N 146 0 E type:adm1st Khabarovsk Krai |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 59 8 N 146 0 E type:waterbody Sea of Okhotsk ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Sea of Okhotsk | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | |-valign="top" | 44 21 N 146 0 E type:country Kuril Islands ! scope="row" | Kuril Islands | Kunashir Island, administered by (Sakhalin Oblast), but claimed by (Hokkaidō Prefecture) |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 44 10 N 146 0 E type:waterbody Pacific Ocean ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Pacific Ocean | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | |-valign="top" | 43 23 N 146 0 E type:country Kuril Islands ! scope="row" | Kuril Islands | Habomai islands, administered by (Sakhalin Oblast) but claimed by (Hokkaidō Prefecture) |-valign="top" | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 43 22 N 146 0 E type:waterbody Pacific Ocean ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Pacific Ocean | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Passing just east of Pagan, (at 18 8 N 145 49 E type:isle Pagan) Passing just east of Alamagan, (at 17 36 N 145 50 E type:isle Alamagan) Passing just east of Guguan, (at 17 19 N 145 51 E type:isle Guguan) Passing just east of Sarigan, (at 16 42 N 145 47 E type:isle Sarigan) Passing just west of Farallon de Medinilla, (at 16 0 N 146 3 E type:isle Farallon de Medinilla) Passing just east of Saipan, (at 15 16 N 145 50 E type:isle Saipan) |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 1 45 S 146 0 E type:waterbody Bismarck Sea ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Bismarck Sea | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | |-valign="top" | 4 31 S 146 0 E type:country Papua New Guinea ! scope="row" | | Karkar Island |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 4 44 S 146 0 E type:waterbody Bismarck Sea ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Bismarck Sea | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | |-valign="top" | 5 30 S 146 0 E type:country Papua New Guinea ! scope="row" | | |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 8 3 S 146 0 E type:waterbody Coral Sea ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Coral Sea | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | |- | 16 55 S 146 0 E type:country Australia ! scope="row" | | Queensland — Fitzroy Island |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 16 56 S 146 0 E type:waterbody Coral Sea ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Coral Sea | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | |-valign="top" | 17 17 S 146 0 E type:country Australia ! scope="row" | | Queensland New South Wales — from 29 0 S 146 0 E type:adm1st New South Wales Victoria — from 36 1 S 146 0 E type:adm1st Victoria |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 38 53 S 146 0 E type:waterbody Bass Strait ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Bass Strait | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | |- | 41 5 S 146 0 E type:country Australia ! scope="row" | | Tasmania |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 43 26 S 146 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 146 0 E type:waterbody Southern Ocean ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Southern Ocean | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | |- | 66 50 S 146 0 E type:country Antarctica ! scope="row" | Antarctica | Australian Antarctic Territory, claimed by |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 67 21 S 146 0 E type:waterbody Southern Ocean ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Southern Ocean | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | |- | 67 36 S 146 0 E type:country Antarctica ! scope="row" | Antarctica | Australian Antarctic Territory, claimed by |- |} See also 145th meridian east 147th meridian east References collapsed March 2017 e146 meridian east