156th meridian east

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.

156°

156th meridian east

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

From Pole to Pole

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	Arctic Ocean
77°5′N 156°0′E	East Siberian Sea
71°5′N 156°0′E	Russia	Sakha Republic Magadan Oblast — from 66°4′N 156°0′E
60°57′N 156°0′E	Sea of Okhotsk	Shelikhov Gulf
56°42′N 156°0′E	Russia	Kamchatka Krai — Kamchatka Peninsula
53°35′N 156°0′E	Sea of Okhotsk
50°45′N 156°0′E	Russia	Sakhalin Oblast — island of Paramushir, Kuril Islands
50°23′N 156°0′E	Pacific Ocean	Passing just east of Bougainville Island, Papua New Guinea (at 6°42′S 155°57′E)
6°47′S 156°0′E	Solomon Islands	Ovau Island
6°49′S 156°0′E	Solomon Sea	Passing just west of Fauro Island, Solomon Islands (at 6°58′S 156°1′E) Passing just east of Shortland Island, Solomon Islands (at 7°2′S 155°51′E)
11°46′S 156°0′E	Coral Sea	Passing through the Coral Sea Islands Territory, Australia
29°58′S 156°0′E	Pacific Ocean
60°0′S 156°0′E	Southern Ocean
69°0′S 156°0′E	Antarctica	Australian Antarctic Territory, claimed by Australia