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157th meridian east

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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.

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:

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style="background:#b0e0e6;" | {{Coord|90|0|N|157|0|E|type:waterbody|name=Arctic Ocean}}

! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Arctic Ocean

| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Passing just east of Henrietta Island, Sakha Republic, {{RUS}} (at {{Coord|77|6|N|156|43|E|type:country|name=Henrietta Island}})

style="background:#b0e0e6;" | {{Coord|77|2|N|157|0|E|type:waterbody|name=East Siberian Sea}}

! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | East Siberian Sea

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| {{Coord|71|5|N|157|0|E|type:country|name=Russia}}

! scope="row" | {{RUS}}

| Sakha Republic
Magadan Oblast — from {{Coord|66|1|N|157|0|E|type:adm1st|name=Magadan Oblast}}

style="background:#b0e0e6;" | {{Coord|61|35|N|157|0|E|type:waterbody|name=Sea of Okhotsk}}

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

| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Shelikhov Gulf

{{Coord|57|51|N|157|0|E|type:country|name=Russia}}

! scope="row" | {{RUS}}

| Kamchatka Krai — Kamchatka Peninsula

style="background:#b0e0e6;" | {{Coord|51|5|N|157|0|E|type:waterbody|name=Pacific Ocean}}

! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Pacific Ocean

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{{Coord|4|42|S|157|0|E|type:country|name=Papua New Guinea}}

! scope="row" | {{PNG}}

| Takuu atoll

style="background:#b0e0e6;" | {{Coord|4|48|S|157|0|E|type:waterbody|name=Pacific Ocean}}

! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Pacific Ocean

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{{Coord|6|53|S|157|0|E|type:country|name=Solomon Islands}}

! scope="row" | {{SLB}}

| Choiseul Island

style="background:#b0e0e6;" | {{Coord|7|16|S|157|0|E|type:waterbody|name=New Georgia Sound}}

! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | New Georgia Sound

| style="background:#b0e0e6;" |

{{Coord|7|52|S|157|0|E|type:country|name=Solomon Islands}}

! scope="row" | {{SLB}}

| Island of Kolombangara

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| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | {{Coord|8|6|S|157|0|E|type:waterbody|name=Solomon Sea}}

! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Solomon Sea

| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Passing just west of Vonavona Island, {{SLB}} (at {{Coord|8|11|N|157|0|E|type:country|name=Vonavona Island}})

style="background:#b0e0e6;" | {{Coord|11|47|S|157|0|E|type:waterbody|name=Coral Sea}}

! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Coral Sea

| style="background:#b0e0e6;" |

style="background:#b0e0e6;" | {{Coord|29|57|S|157|0|E|type:waterbody|name=Pacific Ocean}}

! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Pacific Ocean

| style="background:#b0e0e6;" |

style="background:#b0e0e6;" | {{Coord|60|0|S|157|0|E|type:waterbody|name=Southern Ocean}}

! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Southern Ocean

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{{Coord|69|12|S|157|0|E|type:country|name=Antarctica}}

! scope="row" | Antarctica

| Australian Antarctic Territory, claimed by {{AUS}}

See also

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