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156th meridian east

Line of longitude

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156°

The meridian 156° 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 156th meridian east forms a great circle with the 24th meridian west.

Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 156th meridian east passes through:

Co-ordinates	Country, territory or sea	Notes
90°0′N 156°0′E / 90.000°N 156.000°E / 90.000; 156.000 (Arctic Ocean)	Arctic Ocean
77°5′N 156°0′E / 77.083°N 156.000°E / 77.083; 156.000 (East Siberian Sea)	East Siberian Sea
71°5′N 156°0′E / 71.083°N 156.000°E / 71.083; 156.000 (Russia)	Russia	Sakha Republic Magadan Oblast — from 66°4′N 156°0′E / 66.067°N 156.000°E / 66.067; 156.000 (Magadan Oblast)
60°57′N 156°0′E / 60.950°N 156.000°E / 60.950; 156.000 (Sea of Okhotsk)	Sea of Okhotsk	Shelikhov Gulf
56°42′N 156°0′E / 56.700°N 156.000°E / 56.700; 156.000 (Russia)	Russia	Kamchatka Krai — Kamchatka Peninsula
53°35′N 156°0′E / 53.583°N 156.000°E / 53.583; 156.000 (Sea of Okhotsk)	Sea of Okhotsk
50°45′N 156°0′E / 50.750°N 156.000°E / 50.750; 156.000 (Russia)	Russia	Sakhalin Oblast — island of Paramushir, Kuril Islands
50°23′N 156°0′E / 50.383°N 156.000°E / 50.383; 156.000 (Pacific Ocean)	Pacific Ocean	Passing just east of Bougainville Island,  Papua New Guinea (at6°42′S 155°57′E / 6.700°S 155.950°E / -6.700; 155.950 (Bougainville Island))
6°47′S 156°0′E / 6.783°S 156.000°E / -6.783; 156.000 (Papua New Guinea)	Solomon Islands	Ovau Island
6°49′S 156°0′E / 6.817°S 156.000°E / -6.817; 156.000 (Solomon Sea)	Solomon Sea	Passing just west of Fauro Island,  Solomon Islands (at6°58′S 156°1′E / 6.967°S 156.017°E / -6.967; 156.017 (Fauro Island)) Passing just east of Shortland Island,  Solomon Islands (at7°2′S 155°51′E / 7.033°S 155.850°E / -7.033; 155.850 (Shortland Island))
11°46′S 156°0′E / 11.767°S 156.000°E / -11.767; 156.000 (Coral Sea)	Coral Sea	Passing through the Coral Sea Islands Territory,  Australia
29°58′S 156°0′E / 29.967°S 156.000°E / -29.967; 156.000 (Pacific Ocean)	Pacific Ocean
60°0′S 156°0′E / 60.000°S 156.000°E / -60.000; 156.000 (Southern Ocean)	Southern Ocean
69°0′S 156°0′E / 69.000°S 156.000°E / -69.000; 156.000 (Antarctica)	Antarctica	Australian Antarctic Territory, claimedby Australia

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