120th meridian east

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Line across the Earth
120°
120th meridian east

The meridian 120° east of Greenwich is a line of longitude that extends from the North Pole across the Arctic Ocean, Asia, the Indian Ocean, Australia, the Southern Ocean, and Antarctica to the South Pole.

The 120th meridian east forms a great circle with the 60th meridian west.

From Pole to Pole

Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 120th meridian east passes through:

Co-ordinates Country, territory or sea Notes
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Arctic Ocean
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Laptev Sea
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  Russia Sakha Republic
Amur Oblast — from Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
Zabaykalsky Krai — from Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  People's Republic of China Inner Mongolia
Liaoning – from Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Bohai Sea
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  People's Republic of China Shandong (Shandong Peninsula)
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Yellow Sea
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  People's Republic of China Jiangsu
Zhejiang – from Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found., passing just west of Hangzhou (at Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.)
Fujian – from Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. East China Sea
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. South China Sea Passing through the Taiwan Strait, just west of the island of Taiwan,  Republic of China (at Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.)
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  Philippines Islands of Cabarruyan and Luzon
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. South China Sea Passing just west of the Lubang Islands,  Philippines (at Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.)
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  Philippines Islands of Busuanga and Culion
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Sulu Sea
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  Philippines Island of Dumaran
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Sulu Sea Passing through Tubbataha Reef,  Philippines (at Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.)
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  Philippines Island of Laparan
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Sulu Sea
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  Philippines Islands of Tawi-Tawi and Bilatan
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Celebes Sea
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Makassar Strait
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  Indonesia Island of Sulawesi
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Flores Sea
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  Indonesia Island of Flores
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Sumba Strait
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  Indonesia Island of Sumba
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Indian Ocean
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  Australia Western Australia
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Indian Ocean Australian authorities consider this to be part of the Southern Ocean[1][2]
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Southern Ocean
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Antarctica Australian Antarctic Territory, claimed by  Australia

See also

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