151st meridian east

The meridian 151° 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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151st meridian east

The 151st meridian east forms a great circle with the 29th meridian west.

From Pole to Pole

Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 151st meridian east passes through:

Co-ordinates Country, territory or sea Notes
90°0′N 151°0′E Arctic Ocean
76°50′N 151°0′E East Siberian Sea Passing just east of New Siberia Island, Sakha Republic,  Russia (at 75°7′N 150°59′E)
71°23′N 151°0′E  Russia Sakha Republic
Magadan Oblast — from 64°20′N 151°0′E
59°34′N 151°0′E Sea of Okhotsk Passing between Zavyalov Island and the Koni Peninsula, Magadan Oblast,  Russia (at 59°5′N 151°0′E)
Passing just east of the Chirpoy islands, Sakhalin Oblast,  Russia (at 46°31′N 150°56′E)
46°33′N 151°0′E Pacific Ocean
2°42′S 151°0′E  Papua New Guinea Island of New Ireland
2°48′S 151°0′E Pacific Ocean Bismarck Sea
2°57′S 151°0′E  Papua New Guinea Dyaul Island
2°58′S 151°0′E Pacific Ocean Bismarck Sea
5°23′S 151°0′E  Papua New Guinea Island of New Britain
6°2′S 151°0′E Solomon Sea
8°30′S 151°0′E  Papua New Guinea Island of Kiriwina
8°33′S 151°0′E Solomon Sea
9°35′S 151°0′E  Papua New Guinea Sanaroa Island
9°38′S 151°0′E Solomon Sea
9°55′S 151°0′E  Papua New Guinea Normanby Island
10°7′S 151°0′E Solomon Sea
10°16′S 151°0′E  Papua New Guinea Nuakata Island
10°17′S 151°0′E Solomon Sea
10°35′S 151°0′E  Papua New Guinea Basilaki Island
10°39′S 151°0′E Coral Sea Passing through  Australia's Coral Sea Islands Territory
23°29′S 151°0′E  Australia Queensland — Curtis Island and the mainland
New South Wales — from 28°44′S 151°0′E, passing just west of Sydney (at 33°52′S 151°12′E)
34°14′S 151°0′E Pacific Ocean
60°0′S 151°0′E Southern Ocean
68°18′S 151°0′E Antarctica Australian Antarctic Territory, claimed by  Australia

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