118th meridian east

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The meridian 118° east of Greenwich is a line of longitude[1] that extends from the North Pole across the Arctic Ocean, Asia, the Indian Ocean, Australasia, the Southern Ocean, and Antarctica to the South Pole.

Line across the Earth
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118th meridian east (interactive map)

The 118th meridian east forms a great circle with the 62nd meridian west.

From Pole to Pole

Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 118th meridian east passes through:

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Co-ordinates Country, territory or sea Notes
90°0′N 118°0′E Arctic Ocean
78°36′N 118°0′E Laptev Sea
73°35′N 118°0′E  Russia Sakha Republic
Irkutsk Oblast — from 59°34′N 118°0′E
Zabaykalsky Krai — from 58°25′N 118°0′E
49°36′N 118°0′E  China Inner Mongolia
48°2′N 118°0′E  Mongolia
46°37′N 118°0′E  China Inner Mongolia
Hebei – for about 17 km from 42°25′N 118°0′E
Inner Mongolia – for about 4 km from 42°16′N 118°0′E
Hebei – from 42°13′N 118°0′E
Tianjin – from 39°21′N 118°0′E
39°13′N 118°0′E Bohai Sea
38°11′N 118°0′E  China Shandong
Jiangsu – from 34°38′N 118°0′E
Anhui – from 33°45′N 118°0′E
Jiangsu – from 33°22′N 118°0′E
Anhui – from 33°12′N 118°0′E
Jiangxi – from 29°31′N 118°0′E
Fujian – from 27°59′N 118°0′E, passing just west of Xiamen (at 24°27′N 118°4′E)
24°11′N 118°0′E South China Sea Passing just east of the disputed Scarborough Shoal (at 15°7′N 117°51′E)
9°14′N 118°0′E  Philippines Island of Palawan
8°53′N 118°0′E Sulu Sea
6°3′N 118°0′E  Malaysia Sabah – island of Borneo
4°13′N 118°0′E Celebes Sea
2°24′N 118°0′E  Indonesia East Kalimantan – island of Borneo
2°12′N 118°0′E Celebes Sea
1°47′N 118°0′E  Indonesia East Kalimantan – island of Borneo
0°47′N 118°0′E Makassar Strait
4°57′S 118°0′E Java Sea Passing by numerous small islands of  Indonesia
6°59′S 118°0′E Flores Sea Passing by numerous small islands of  Indonesia
8°6′S 118°0′E  Indonesia Island of Sumbawa
8°52′S 118°0′E Indian Ocean
20°28′S 118°0′E  Australia Western Australia
35°6′S 118°0′E Indian Ocean Australian authorities consider this to be part of the Southern Ocean[2][3]
60°0′S 118°0′E Southern Ocean
66°59′S 118°0′E Antarctica Australian Antarctic Territory, claimed by  Australia
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