134th meridian east

The meridian 134° east of Greenwich is a line of longitude that extends from the North Pole across the Arctic Ocean, Asia, Australia, the Indian Ocean, the Southern Ocean, and Antarctica to the South Pole.

134°

134th meridian east

The 134th meridian east forms a great circle with the 46th meridian west.

From Pole to Pole

Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 134th meridian east passes through:

Co-ordinates	Country, territory or sea	Notes
90°0′N 134°0′E	Arctic Ocean
76°47′N 134°0′E	Laptev Sea
71°23′N 134°0′E	Russia	Sakha Republic Khabarovsk Krai — from 59°21′N 134°0′E Amur Oblast — from 53°23′N 134°0′E Khabarovsk Krai — from 52°31′N 134°0′E Jewish Autonomous Oblast — from 48°37′N 134°0′E
48°17′N 134°0′E	People's Republic of China	Heilongjiang
46°38′N 134°0′E	Russia	Primorsky Krai
42°56′N 134°0′E	Sea of Japan
35°32′N 134°0′E	Japan	Island of Honshū — Tottori Prefecture — Okayama Prefecture — from 35°21′N 134°0′E Island of Nao — Kagawa Prefecture — from 34°27′N 134°0′E
34°26′N 134°0′E	Seto Inland Sea
34°21′N 134°0′E	Japan	Island of Shikoku — Kagawa Prefecture — Tokushima Prefecture — from 33°49′N 134°0′E — Kōchi Prefecture — from 33°49′N 134°0′E
33°25′N 134°0′E	Pacific Ocean	Passing just west of the island of Angaur, Palau (at 6°53′N 134°7′E)
0°44′S 134°0′E	Indonesia	Island of New Guinea
3°51′S 134°0′E	Arafura Sea	Passing just west of the Aru Islands, Indonesia (at 6°45′S 134°3′E)
11°52′S 134°0′E	Australia	Northern Territory South Australia — from 26°0′S 134°0′E
32°29′S 134°0′E	Indian Ocean	Australian authorities consider this to be part of the Southern Ocean[1][2]
60°0′S 134°0′E	Southern Ocean
66°11′S 134°0′E	Antarctica	Australian Antarctic Territory, claimed by Australia

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