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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.

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157th meridian east

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The 157th meridian east forms a great circle with the 23rd meridian west.

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Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 157th meridian east passes through:

Co-ordinates	Country, territory or sea	Notes
90°0′N 157°0′E / 90.000°N 157.000°E / 90.000; 157.000 (Arctic Ocean)	Arctic Ocean	Passing just east of Henrietta Island, Sakha Republic, Russia (at 77°6′N 156°43′E / 77.100°N 156.717°E / 77.100; 156.717 (Henrietta Island))
77°2′N 157°0′E / 77.033°N 157.000°E / 77.033; 157.000 (East Siberian Sea)	East Siberian Sea
71°5′N 157°0′E / 71.083°N 157.000°E / 71.083; 157.000 (Russia)	Russia	Sakha Republic Magadan Oblast — from 66°1′N 157°0′E / 66.017°N 157.000°E / 66.017; 157.000 (Magadan Oblast)
61°35′N 157°0′E / 61.583°N 157.000°E / 61.583; 157.000 (Sea of Okhotsk)	Sea of Okhotsk	Shelikhov Gulf
57°51′N 157°0′E / 57.850°N 157.000°E / 57.850; 157.000 (Russia)	Russia	Kamchatka Krai — Kamchatka Peninsula
51°5′N 157°0′E / 51.083°N 157.000°E / 51.083; 157.000 (Pacific Ocean)	Pacific Ocean
4°42′S 157°0′E / 4.700°S 157.000°E / -4.700; 157.000 (Papua New Guinea)	Papua New Guinea	Takuu atoll
4°48′S 157°0′E / 4.800°S 157.000°E / -4.800; 157.000 (Pacific Ocean)	Pacific Ocean
6°53′S 157°0′E / 6.883°S 157.000°E / -6.883; 157.000 (Solomon Islands)	Solomon Islands	Choiseul Island
7°16′S 157°0′E / 7.267°S 157.000°E / -7.267; 157.000 (New Georgia Sound)	New Georgia Sound
7°52′S 157°0′E / 7.867°S 157.000°E / -7.867; 157.000 (Solomon Islands)	Solomon Islands	Island of Kolombangara
8°6′S 157°0′E / 8.100°S 157.000°E / -8.100; 157.000 (Solomon Sea)	Solomon Sea	Passing just west of Vonavona Island, Solomon Islands (at 8°11′N 157°0′E / 8.183°N 157.000°E / 8.183; 157.000 (Vonavona Island))
11°47′S 157°0′E / 11.783°S 157.000°E / -11.783; 157.000 (Coral Sea)	Coral Sea
29°57′S 157°0′E / 29.950°S 157.000°E / -29.950; 157.000 (Pacific Ocean)	Pacific Ocean
60°0′S 157°0′E / 60.000°S 157.000°E / -60.000; 157.000 (Southern Ocean)	Southern Ocean
69°12′S 157°0′E / 69.200°S 157.000°E / -69.200; 157.000 (Antarctica)	Antarctica	Australian Antarctic Territory, claimed by Australia

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