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The meridian 137° east of Greenwich is a line of longitude that extends from the North Pole across the Arctic Ocean, Asia, the Pacific Ocean, Australasia, the Indian Ocean, the Southern Ocean, and Antarctica to the South Pole.

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137th meridian east

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The 137th meridian east forms a great circle with the 43rd meridian west.

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Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 137th meridian east passes through:

Co-ordinates	Country, territory or sea	Notes
90°0′N 137°0′E / 90.000°N 137.000°E / 90.000; 137.000 (Arctic Ocean)	Arctic Ocean
76°26′N 137°0′E / 76.433°N 137.000°E / 76.433; 137.000 (Laptev Sea)	Laptev Sea
75°21′N 137°0′E / 75.350°N 137.000°E / 75.350; 137.000 (Russia)	Russia	Sakha Republic — Kotelny Island, New Siberian Islands
75°14′N 137°0′E / 75.233°N 137.000°E / 75.233; 137.000 (Laptev Sea)	Laptev Sea
71°28′N 137°0′E / 71.467°N 137.000°E / 71.467; 137.000 (Russia)	Russia	Sakha Republic Khabarovsk Krai — from 59°26′N 137°0′E / 59.433°N 137.000°E / 59.433; 137.000 (Khabarovsk Krai)
55°47′N 137°0′E / 55.783°N 137.000°E / 55.783; 137.000 (Sea of Okhotsk)	Sea of Okhotsk
55°5′N 137°0′E / 55.083°N 137.000°E / 55.083; 137.000 (Russia)	Russia	Khabarovsk Krai — Feklistova Island
54°54′N 137°0′E / 54.900°N 137.000°E / 54.900; 137.000 (Sea of Okhotsk)	Sea of Okhotsk
53°50′N 137°0′E / 53.833°N 137.000°E / 53.833; 137.000 (Russia)	Russia	Khabarovsk Krai — passing through Komsomolsk-on-Amur at 50°34′N 137°0′E / 50.567°N 137.000°E / 50.567; 137.000 (Komsomolsk) Primorsky Krai — from 47°18′N 137°0′E / 47.300°N 137.000°E / 47.300; 137.000 (Primorsky Krai)
45°18′N 137°0′E / 45.300°N 137.000°E / 45.300; 137.000 (Sea of Japan)	Sea of Japan
37°25′N 137°0′E / 37.417°N 137.000°E / 37.417; 137.000 (Japan)	Japan	Island of Honshū — Ishikawa Prefecture — Toyama Prefecture — from 36°58′N 137°0′E / 36.967°N 137.000°E / 36.967; 137.000 (Toyama) (passing through Takaoka city) — Gifu Prefecture — from 36°17′N 137°0′E / 36.283°N 137.000°E / 36.283; 137.000 (Gifu) — Aichi Prefecture — from 35°23′N 137°0′E / 35.383°N 137.000°E / 35.383; 137.000 (Aichi) (passing just east of Nagoya city center)
34°49′N 137°0′E / 34.817°N 137.000°E / 34.817; 137.000 (Mikawa Bay)	Mikawa Bay
34°33′N 137°0′E / 34.550°N 137.000°E / 34.550; 137.000 (Pacific Ocean)	Pacific Ocean
1°50′S 137°0′E / 1.833°S 137.000°E / -1.833; 137.000 (Indonesia)	Indonesia	Island of Kurudu
1°51′S 137°0′E / 1.850°S 137.000°E / -1.850; 137.000 (Cenderawasih Bay)	Cenderawasih Bay
2°7′S 137°0′E / 2.117°S 137.000°E / -2.117; 137.000 (Indonesia)	Indonesia	Island of New Guinea
4°56′S 137°0′E / 4.933°S 137.000°E / -4.933; 137.000 (Arafura Sea)	Arafura Sea
12°20′S 137°0′E / 12.333°S 137.000°E / -12.333; 137.000 (Gulf of Carpentaria)	Gulf of Carpentaria	Passing just east of Groote Eylandt, Australia (at 14°15′S 136°57′E / 14.250°S 136.950°E / -14.250; 136.950 (Groote Eylandt))
15°35′S 137°0′E / 15.583°S 137.000°E / -15.583; 137.000 (Australia)	Australia	Northern Territory — Vanderlin Island and the mainland South Australia — from 26°0′S 137°0′E / 26.000°S 137.000°E / -26.000; 137.000 (Gulf of Carpentaria)
33°44′S 137°0′E / 33.733°S 137.000°E / -33.733; 137.000 (Spencer Gulf)	Spencer Gulf
34°56′S 137°0′E / 34.933°S 137.000°E / -34.933; 137.000 (Australia)	Australia	South Australia — Yorke Peninsula
35°13′S 137°0′E / 35.217°S 137.000°E / -35.217; 137.000 (Investigator Strait)	Investigator Strait
35°40′S 137°0′E / 35.667°S 137.000°E / -35.667; 137.000 (Australia)	Australia	South Australia — Kangaroo Island
36°1′S 137°0′E / 36.017°S 137.000°E / -36.017; 137.000 (Indian Ocean)	Indian Ocean	Australian authorities consider this to be part of the Southern Ocean^[1]^[2]
60°0′S 137°0′E / 60.000°S 137.000°E / -60.000; 137.000 (Southern Ocean)	Southern Ocean
66°19′S 137°0′E / 66.317°S 137.000°E / -66.317; 137.000 (Antarctica)	Antarctica	Adélie Land, claimed by France

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^ Darby, Andrew (22 December 2003). "Canberra all at sea over position of Southern Ocean". The Age. Archived from the original on 25 December 2018. Retrieved 13 January 2013.
^ "Indian Ocean". Encyclopædia Britannica. Archived from the original on 25 December 2018. Retrieved 13 January 2013.

[1] Darby, Andrew (22 December 2003). "Canberra all at sea over position of Southern Ocean". The Age. Archived from the original on 25 December 2018. Retrieved 13 January 2013.

[2] "Indian Ocean". Encyclopædia Britannica. Archived from the original on 25 December 2018. Retrieved 13 January 2013.

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