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158th meridian east

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The meridian 158° 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 158th meridian east forms a great circle with the 22nd meridian west.

From Pole to Pole

Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 158th meridian east passes through:

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style="background:#b0e0e6;" | {{Coord|90|0|N|158|0|E|type:waterbody|name=Arctic Ocean}}

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

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{{Coord|76|49|N|158|0|E|type:country|name=Russia}}

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

| Sakha Republic — Jeannette Island

style="background:#b0e0e6;" | {{Coord|76|46|N|158|0|E|type:waterbody|name=East Siberian Sea}}

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

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| {{Coord|71|1|N|158|0|E|type:country|name=Russia}}

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

| Sakha Republic
Chukotka Autonomous Okrug — from {{Coord|67|43|N|158|0|E|type:adm1st|name=Chukotka Autonomous Okrug}}
Sakha Republic — from {{Coord|67|15|N|158|0|E|type:adm1st|name=Sakha Republic}}
Magadan Oblast — from {{Coord|66|7|N|158|0|E|type:adm1st|name=Magadan Oblast}}

style="background:#b0e0e6;" | {{Coord|61|44|N|158|0|E|type:waterbody|name=Sea of Okhotsk}}

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

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

{{Coord|57|59|N|158|0|E|type:country|name=Russia}}

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

| Kamchatka Krai — Kamchatka Peninsula

style="background:#b0e0e6;" | {{Coord|51|44|N|158|0|E|type:waterbody|name=Pacific Ocean}}

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

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| {{Coord|6|49|N|158|0|E|type:country|name=Federated States of Micronesia}}

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

| Ant Atoll — just west of the island of Pohnpei

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| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | {{Coord|6|45|N|158|0|E|type:waterbody|name=Pacific Ocean}}

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

| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Passing between the islands of Sikopo and Kerehikapa, {{SLB}} (at {{Coord|7|26|S|158|0|E|type:country|name=Sikopo and Kerehikapa}})

style="background:#b0e0e6;" | {{Coord|7|27|S|158|0|E|type:waterbody|name=New Georgia Sound}}

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

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{{Coord|8|30|S|158|0|E|type:country|name=Solomon Islands}}

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

| Islands of Marovo and Vangunu

style="background:#b0e0e6;" | {{Coord|8|46|S|158|0|E|type:waterbody|name=Solomon Sea}}

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

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| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | {{Coord|11|49|S|158|0|E|type:waterbody|name=Coral Sea}}

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

| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Passing just west of the Chesterfield Islands, {{NCL}} (at {{Coord|19|37|S|158|11|E|type:country|name=Chesterfield Islands}})

style="background:#b0e0e6;" | {{Coord|29|56|S|158|0|E|type:waterbody|name=Pacific Ocean}}

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

| style="background:#b0e0e6;" |

style="background:#b0e0e6;" | {{Coord|60|0|S|158|0|E|type:waterbody|name=Southern Ocean}}

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

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{{Coord|69|14|S|158|0|E|type:country|name=Antarctica}}

! scope="row" | Antarctica

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

See also

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