The meridian 121° east of Greenwich is a line of longitude that extends from the North Pole across the Arctic Ocean, Asia, the Pacific Ocean, the Indian Ocean, Australia, the Southern Ocean, and Antarctica to the South Pole.
The 121st meridian east forms a great circle with the 59th meridian west.
Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 121st meridian east passes through:
Co-ordinates | Country, territory or sea | Notes |
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90°0′N 121°0′E / 90.000°N 121.000°E | Arctic Ocean | |
78°15′N 121°0′E / 78.250°N 121.000°E | Laptev Sea | |
72°56′N 121°0′E / 72.933°N 121.000°E | Russia | Sakha Republic Amur Oblast — from 57°3′N 121°0′E / 57.050°N 121.000°E Zabaykalsky Krai — from 56°3′N 122°0′E / 56.050°N 122.000°E |
53°17′N 121°0′E / 53.283°N 121.000°E | People's Republic of China | Inner Mongolia Liaoning – from 42°15′N 121°0′E / 42.250°N 121.000°E |
40°50′N 121°0′E / 40.833°N 121.000°E | Yellow Sea | Liaodong Bay Passing just west of the Liaodong Peninsula, Liaoning, People's Republic of China (at 38°55′N 121°5′E / 38.917°N 121.083°E) Bohai Sea |
37°44′N 121°0′E / 37.733°N 121.000°E | People's Republic of China | Shandong – Shandong Peninsula |
36°36′N 121°0′E / 36.600°N 121.000°E | Yellow Sea | |
33°17′N 121°0′E / 33.283°N 121.000°E | East China Sea | |
32°32′N 121°0′E / 32.533°N 121.000°E | People's Republic of China | Jiangsu Shanghai – from 31°8′N 121°0′E / 31.133°N 121.000°E Zhejiang – from 30°50′N 121°0′E / 30.833°N 121.000°E |
30°34′N 121°0′E / 30.567°N 121.000°E | Hangzhou Bay | |
32°32′N 121°0′E / 32.533°N 121.000°E | People's Republic of China | Zhejiang |
28°7′N 121°0′E / 28.117°N 121.000°E | East China Sea | |
25°20′N 121°0′E / 25.333°N 121.000°E | Taiwan Strait | |
24°57′N 121°0′E / 24.950°N 121.000°E | Republic of China | Island of Taiwan – claimed by People's Republic of China |
22°35′N 121°0′E / 22.583°N 121.000°E | Pacific Ocean | Philippine Sea |
21°48′N 121°0′E / 21.800°N 121.000°E | South China Sea | |
18°36′N 121°0′E / 18.600°N 121.000°E | Philippines | Island of Luzon – passing through Manila (at 14°35′N 121°0′E / 14.583°N 121.000°E) |
13°47′N 121°0′E / 13.783°N 121.000°E | Isla Verde Passage | |
13°27′N 121°0′E / 13.450°N 121.000°E | Philippines | Island of Mindoro |
12°25′N 121°0′E / 12.417°N 121.000°E | Sulu Sea | Passing through the Cuyo Islands, Philippines (at 11°0′N 121°0′E / 11.000°N 121.000°E) Passing just west of the Cagayan Islands, Philippines (at 11°0′N 121°0′E / 11.000°N 121.000°E) |
6°11′N 121°0′E / 6.183°N 121.000°E | Philippines | Island of Jolo and smaller neighbouring islands |
5°40′N 121°0′E / 5.667°N 121.000°E | Celebes Sea | |
1°21′N 121°0′E / 1.350°N 121.000°E | Indonesia | Island of Sulawesi (Minahassa Peninsula) |
0°26′N 121°0′E / 0.433°N 121.000°E | Gulf of Tomini | |
1°25′S 121°0′E / 1.417°S 121.000°E | Indonesia | Island of Sulawesi |
2°41′S 121°0′E / 2.683°S 121.000°E | Gulf of Boni | |
3°15′S 121°0′E / 3.250°S 121.000°E | Indonesia | Island of Sulawesi |
3°39′S 121°0′E / 3.650°S 121.000°E | Gulf of Boni | |
5°25′S 121°0′E / 5.417°S 121.000°E | Banda Sea | |
7°17′S 121°0′E / 7.283°S 121.000°E | Indonesia | Selayar Islands |
7°20′S 121°0′E / 7.333°S 121.000°E | Flores Sea | |
8°23′S 121°0′E / 8.383°S 121.000°E | Indonesia | Island of Flores |
8°58′S 121°0′E / 8.967°S 121.000°E | Savu Sea | |
10°39′S 121°0′E / 10.650°S 121.000°E | Indian Ocean | |
19°36′S 121°0′E / 19.600°S 121.000°E | Australia | Western Australia |
33°52′S 121°0′E / 33.867°S 121.000°E | Indian Ocean | Australian authorities consider this to be part of the Southern Ocean[1][2] |
60°0′S 121°0′E / 60.000°S 121.000°E | Southern Ocean | |
66°48′S 121°0′E / 66.800°S 121.000°E | Antarctica | Australian Antarctic Territory, claimed by Australia |