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.

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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