Line of longitude
The 141st meridian divides the island ofNew Guinea betweenIndonesia (in green) andPapua New Guinea above the northern crossing of theFly River with said meridian. InAustralia the meridian defines part of the border ofSouth Australia withQueensland , all of its border withNew South Wales , and it approximates its border withVictoria . The141st meridian east ofGreenwich is a line oflongitude that extends from theNorth Pole across theArctic Ocean ,Asia , thePacific Ocean ,Australasia , theIndian Ocean , theSouthern Ocean , andAntarctica to theSouth Pole .
The 141st meridian east forms agreat circle with the39th meridian west .
On the island ofNew Guinea , the meridian defines part of the land border betweenIndonesia on the west andPapua New Guinea on the east. TheFly River forms the border where it flows west of the 141st meridian. South of the Fly, the border runs slightly to the east of, and parallel to, the meridian (seeIndonesia–Papua New Guinea border ).
InAustralia , it forms the eastern boundary of the state ofSouth Australia , borderingQueensland andNew South Wales . The border betweenSouth Australia andVictoria was originally proclaimed to be exactly on the 141st meridian, but measurement errors resulted in the present border being about 3.6 km (2.2 mi) west of this line at 140°57'45" (seeSouth Australia–Victoria border dispute ).
Starting at theNorth Pole and heading south to theSouth Pole , the 141st meridian east passes through:
Co-ordinates Country, territory or sea Notes 90°0′N 141°0′E / 90.000°N 141.000°E /90.000; 141.000 (Arctic Ocean ) Arctic Ocean 76°1′N 141°0′E / 76.017°N 141.000°E /76.017; 141.000 (Russia ) Russia Sakha Republic —Kotelny Island ,New Siberian Islands 74°54′N 141°0′E / 74.900°N 141.000°E /74.900; 141.000 (East Siberian Sea ) East Siberian Sea Sannikov Strait 74°15′N 141°0′E / 74.250°N 141.000°E /74.250; 141.000 (Russia ) Russia Sakha Republic —Little Lyakhovsky Island ,New Siberian Islands 73°59′N 141°0′E / 73.983°N 141.000°E /73.983; 141.000 (East Siberian Sea ) East Siberian Sea Sannikov Strait 73°47′N 141°0′E / 73.783°N 141.000°E /73.783; 141.000 (Russia ) Russia Sakha Republic —Great Lyakhovsky Island ,New Siberian Islands 73°23′N 141°0′E / 73.383°N 141.000°E /73.383; 141.000 (East Siberian Sea ) East Siberian Sea Laptev Strait 72°52′N 141°0′E / 72.867°N 141.000°E /72.867; 141.000 (Russia ) Russia Sakha Republic Khabarovsk Krai — from62°29′N 141°0′E / 62.483°N 141.000°E /62.483; 141.000 (Khabarovsk Krai ) 72°42′N 141°0′E / 72.700°N 141.000°E /72.700; 141.000 (Laptev Sea ) Laptev Sea 72°33′N 141°0′E / 72.550°N 141.000°E /72.550; 141.000 (Russia ) Russia Khabarovsk Krai 58°25′N 141°0′E / 58.417°N 141.000°E /58.417; 141.000 (Sea of Okhotsk ) Sea of Okhotsk 53°24′N 141°0′E / 53.400°N 141.000°E /53.400; 141.000 (Russia ) Russia Khabarovsk Krai 51°40′N 141°0′E / 51.667°N 141.000°E /51.667; 141.000 (Strait of Tartary ) Strait of Tartary Passing just west ofMoneron Island ,Sakhalin Oblast ,Russia (at46°13′N 141°11′E / 46.217°N 141.183°E /46.217; 141.183 (Moneron Island ) 45°26′N 141°0′E / 45.433°N 141.000°E /45.433; 141.000 (Japan ) Japan Hokkaidō Prefecture —Rebun Island 45°21′N 141°0′E / 45.350°N 141.000°E /45.350; 141.000 (Sea of Japan ) Sea of Japan 43°14′N 141°0′E / 43.233°N 141.000°E /43.233; 141.000 (Japan ) Japan Hokkaidō Prefecture — island ofHokkaidō (passing throughOtaru )42°18′N 141°0′E / 42.300°N 141.000°E /42.300; 141.000 (Pacific Ocean ) Pacific Ocean Uchiura Bay 41°54′N 141°0′E / 41.900°N 141.000°E /41.900; 141.000 (Japan ) Japan Hokkaidō Prefecture —Oshima Peninsula , island ofHokkaidō 41°43′N 141°0′E / 41.717°N 141.000°E /41.717; 141.000 (Tsugaru Strait ) Tsugaru Strait 41°29′N 141°0′E / 41.483°N 141.000°E /41.483; 141.000 (Japan ) Japan Aomori Prefecture —Shimokita Peninsula , island ofHonshū 41°11′N 141°0′E / 41.183°N 141.000°E /41.183; 141.000 (Mutsu Bay ) Mutsu Bay 40°56′N 141°0′E / 40.933°N 141.000°E /40.933; 141.000 (Japan ) Japan Island ofHonshū Aomori Prefecture Iwate Prefecture — from40°13′N 141°0′E / 40.217°N 141.000°E /40.217; 141.000 (Iwate ) Miyagi Prefecture — from38°52′N 141°0′E / 38.867°N 141.000°E /38.867; 141.000 (Miyagi ) 38°14′N 141°0′E / 38.233°N 141.000°E /38.233; 141.000 (Pacific Ocean ) Pacific Ocean Sendai Bay 37°46′N 141°0′E / 37.767°N 141.000°E /37.767; 141.000 (Japan ) Japan Fukushima Prefecture , island ofHonshū 37°6′N 141°0′E / 37.100°N 141.000°E /37.100; 141.000 (Pacific Ocean ) Pacific Ocean Passing just east of the island ofNishinoshima ,Tokyo Prefecture ,Japan (at27°15′N 140°54′E / 27.250°N 140.900°E /27.250; 140.900 (Nishinoshima ) 2°36′S 141°0′E / 2.600°S 141.000°E /-2.600; 141.000 (Indonesia / Papua New Guinea border ) Indonesia /Papua New Guinea border6°19′S 141°0′E / 6.317°S 141.000°E /-6.317; 141.000 (Papua New Guinea ) Papua New Guinea The border diverts west to follow theFly River 6°53′S 141°0′E / 6.883°S 141.000°E /-6.883; 141.000 (Indonesia ) Indonesia The border withPapua New Guinea runs parallel to the meridian, about 2 km (1.2 mi) to the east 9°7′S 141°0′E / 9.117°S 141.000°E /-9.117; 141.000 (Arafura Sea ) Arafura Sea 11°2′S 141°0′E / 11.033°S 141.000°E /-11.033; 141.000 (Gulf of Carpentaria ) Gulf of Carpentaria 16°57′S 141°0′E / 16.950°S 141.000°E /-16.950; 141.000 (Australia ) Australia Queensland South Australia /Queensland border — from26°0′S 141°0′E / 26.000°S 141.000°E /-26.000; 141.000 (South Australia/Queensland border ) South Australia /New South Wales border — from29°0′S 141°0′E / 29.000°S 141.000°E /-29.000; 141.000 (South Australia/New South Wales border ) Victoria — from34°1′S 141°0′E / 34.017°S 141.000°E /-34.017; 141.000 (South Australia/Queensland border ) South Australia runs parallel to the meridian, about 3 km (1.9 mi) to the west (see above)38°4′S 141°0′E / 38.067°S 141.000°E /-38.067; 141.000 (Indian Ocean ) Indian Ocean Australian authorities consider this to be part of theSouthern Ocean [ 1] [ 2] 60°0′S 141°0′E / 60.000°S 141.000°E /-60.000; 141.000 (Southern Ocean ) Southern Ocean 66°46′S 141°0′E / 66.767°S 141.000°E /-66.767; 141.000 (Antarctica ) Antarctica Adélie Land ,claimed byFrance
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