141st meridian east

The 141st meridian east of Greenwich is a line of longitude 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 141st meridian east forms a great circle with the 39th meridian west.

As a border On the island of New Guinea, the meridian defines part of the land border between Indonesia on the west and Papua New Guinea on the east. The Fly 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 (see Indonesia–Papua New Guinea border).

In Australia, it forms the eastern boundary of the state of South Australia, bordering Queensland and New South Wales. The border between South Australia and Victoria was originally proclaimed to be exactly on the 141st meridian, but measurement errors resulted in the present border being about west of this line at 140°57'45" (see South Australia–Victoria border dispute).

From Pole to Pole Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 141st meridian east passes through:

{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" ! scope="col" width="130" | Co-ordinates ! scope="col" | Country, territory or sea ! scope="col" | Notes |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Arctic Ocean | style="background:#b0e0e6;" |

! scope="row" | | Sakha Republic — Kotelny Island, New Siberian Islands |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | East Siberian Sea | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Sannikov Strait

! scope="row" | | Sakha Republic — Little Lyakhovsky Island, New Siberian Islands |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | East Siberian Sea | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Sannikov Strait

! scope="row" | | Sakha Republic — Great Lyakhovsky Island, New Siberian Islands |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | East Siberian Sea | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Laptev Strait |-valign="top" | ! scope="row" | | Sakha Republic Khabarovsk Krai — from |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Laptev Sea | style="background:#b0e0e6;" |

! scope="row" | | Khabarovsk Krai |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Sea of Okhotsk | style="background:#b0e0e6;" |

! scope="row" | | Khabarovsk Krai |-valign="top" | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Strait of Tartary | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Passing just west of Moneron Island, Sakhalin Oblast, (at )

! scope="row" | | Hokkaidō Prefecture — Rebun Island |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Sea of Japan | style="background:#b0e0e6;" |

! scope="row" | | Hokkaidō Prefecture — island of Hokkaidō (passing through Otaru) |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Pacific Ocean | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Uchiura Bay

! scope="row" | | Hokkaidō Prefecture — Oshima Peninsula, island of Hokkaidō |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Tsugaru Strait | style="background:#b0e0e6;" |

! scope="row" | | Aomori Prefecture — Shimokita Peninsula, island of Honshū |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Mutsu Bay | style="background:#b0e0e6;" |

! scope="row" | | Island of Honshū— Aomori Prefecture— Iwate Prefecture — from — Miyagi Prefecture — from |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Pacific Ocean | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Sendai Bay

! scope="row" | | Fukushima Prefecture, island of Honshū |-valign="top" | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Pacific Ocean | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Passing just east of the island of Nishinoshima, Tokyo Prefecture, (at ) |-valign="top" | ! scope="row" | / border

! scope="row" | | The border diverts west to follow the Fly River |-valign="top" | ! scope="row" | | The border with runs parallel to the meridian, about to the east |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Arafura Sea | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Gulf of Carpentaria | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | |-valign="top" | ! scope="row" | | Queensland South Australia / Queensland border — from South Australia / New South Wales border — from Victoria — from , the border with South Australia runs parallel to the meridian, about to the west (see above) |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Indian Ocean | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Australian authorities consider this to be part of the Southern Ocean |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Southern Ocean | style="background:#b0e0e6;" |

! scope="row" | Antarctica | Adélie Land, claimed by

See also 140th meridian east 142nd meridian east Treaty of Zaragoza

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