157th meridian east

The meridian 157° east of Greenwich is a line of longitude that extends from the North Pole across the Arctic Ocean, Asia, the Pacific Ocean, Australasia, the Southern Ocean, and Antarctica to the South Pole.

Line across the Earth
157°
157th meridian east

The 157th meridian east forms a great circle with the 23rd meridian west.

From Pole to Pole

Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 157th meridian east passes through:

Co-ordinates Country, territory or sea Notes
90°0′N 157°0′E Arctic Ocean Passing just east of Henrietta Island, Sakha Republic,  Russia (at 77°6′N 156°43′E)
77°2′N 157°0′E East Siberian Sea
71°5′N 157°0′E  Russia Sakha Republic
Magadan Oblast — from 66°1′N 157°0′E
61°35′N 157°0′E Sea of Okhotsk Shelikhov Gulf
57°51′N 157°0′E  Russia Kamchatka Krai — Kamchatka Peninsula
51°5′N 157°0′E Pacific Ocean
4°42′S 157°0′E  Papua New Guinea Takuu atoll
4°48′S 157°0′E Pacific Ocean
6°53′S 157°0′E  Solomon Islands Choiseul Island
7°16′S 157°0′E New Georgia Sound
7°52′S 157°0′E  Solomon Islands Island of Kolombangara
8°6′S 157°0′E Solomon Sea Passing just west of Vonavona Island,  Solomon Islands (at 8°11′N 157°0′E)
11°47′S 157°0′E Coral Sea
29°57′S 157°0′E Pacific Ocean
60°0′S 157°0′E Southern Ocean
69°12′S 157°0′E Antarctica Australian Antarctic Territory, claimed by  Australia

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