142nd meridian east
# 142nd meridian east

The 142nd meridian 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.

The 142nd meridian east is the estimated location of the boundary between Spain and Portugal (as per the Treaty of Zaragoza) signed on 22 April 1529. Consequently, at Possession Island 142°24'E, just before sunset on Wednesday 22 August 1770, Captain Cook declared the coast to be British territory in the name of King George III. The Coast to the west was already Dutch territory.

The 142nd meridian east forms a great circle with the 38th meridian west.

## From Pole to Pole

Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 142nd meridian east passes through:

    Co-ordinates Country, territory or sea Notes 90°0′N 142°0′E﻿ / ﻿90.000°N 142.000°E﻿ / 90.000; 142.000﻿ (Arctic Ocean) Arctic Ocean 76°3′N 142°0′E﻿ / ﻿76.050°N 142.000°E﻿ / 76.050; 142.000﻿ (Russia)  Russia Sakha Republic — Kotelny Island, New Siberian Islands 74°55′N 142°0′E﻿ / ﻿74.917°N 142.000°E﻿ / 74.917; 142.000﻿ (East Siberian Sea) East Siberian Sea Sannikov Strait 73°55′N 142°0′E﻿ / ﻿73.917°N 142.000°E﻿ / 73.917; 142.000﻿ (Russia)  Russia Sakha Republic — Great Lyakhovsky Island, New Siberian Islands 73°16′N 142°0′E﻿ / ﻿73.267°N 142.000°E﻿ / 73.267; 142.000﻿ (East Siberian Sea) East Siberian Sea Laptev Strait 72°43′N 142°0′E﻿ / ﻿72.717°N 142.000°E﻿ / 72.717; 142.000﻿ (Russia)  Russia Sakha Republic Khabarovsk Krai — from 62°1′N 142°0′E﻿ / ﻿62.017°N 142.000°E﻿ / 62.017; 142.000﻿ (Khabarovsk Krai) 58°59′N 142°0′E﻿ / ﻿58.983°N 142.000°E﻿ / 58.983; 142.000﻿ (Sea of Okhotsk) Sea of Okhotsk 53°28′N 142°0′E﻿ / ﻿53.467°N 142.000°E﻿ / 53.467; 142.000﻿ (Russia)  Russia Sakhalin Oblast — island of Sakhalin 51°31′N 142°0′E﻿ / ﻿51.517°N 142.000°E﻿ / 51.517; 142.000﻿ (Strait of Tartary) Strait of Tartary 48°56′N 142°0′E﻿ / ﻿48.933°N 142.000°E﻿ / 48.933; 142.000﻿ (Russia)  Russia Sakhalin Oblast — island of Sakhalin 48°30′N 142°0′E﻿ / ﻿48.500°N 142.000°E﻿ / 48.500; 142.000﻿ (Strait of Tartary) Strait of Tartary 47°39′N 142°0′E﻿ / ﻿47.650°N 142.000°E﻿ / 47.650; 142.000﻿ (Russia)  Russia Sakhalin Oblast — island of Sakhalin 47°16′N 142°0′E﻿ / ﻿47.267°N 142.000°E﻿ / 47.267; 142.000﻿ (Strait of Tartary) Strait of Tartary 46°56′N 142°0′E﻿ / ﻿46.933°N 142.000°E﻿ / 46.933; 142.000﻿ (Russia)  Russia Sakhalin Oblast — island of Sakhalin 45°58′N 142°0′E﻿ / ﻿45.967°N 142.000°E﻿ / 45.967; 142.000﻿ (La Pérouse Strait) La Pérouse Strait 45°28′N 142°0′E﻿ / ﻿45.467°N 142.000°E﻿ / 45.467; 142.000﻿ (Russia)  Japan Hokkaidō Prefecture — island of Hokkaidō 42°30′N 142°0′E﻿ / ﻿42.500°N 142.000°E﻿ / 42.500; 142.000﻿ (Pacific Ocean) Pacific Ocean 39°38′N 142°0′E﻿ / ﻿39.633°N 142.000°E﻿ / 39.633; 142.000﻿ (Russia)  Japan Iwate Prefecture — island of Honshū 39°24′N 142°0′E﻿ / ﻿39.400°N 142.000°E﻿ / 39.400; 142.000﻿ (Pacific Ocean) Pacific Ocean Passing just west of the island of Chichi-jima, Tokyo Prefecture, Japan (at 27°5′N 142°10′E﻿ / ﻿27.083°N 142.167°E﻿ / 27.083; 142.167﻿ (Chichi-jima)) Passing just west of the island of Haha-jima, Tokyo Prefecture, Japan (at 26°42′N 142°7′E﻿ / ﻿26.700°N 142.117°E﻿ / 26.700; 142.117﻿ (Haha-jima)) 2°58′S 142°0′E﻿ / ﻿2.967°S 142.000°E﻿ / -2.967; 142.000﻿ (Papua New Guinea)  Papua New Guinea 9°12′S 142°0′E﻿ / ﻿9.200°S 142.000°E﻿ / -9.200; 142.000﻿ (Arafura Sea) Arafura Sea Passing just west of the Torres Strait Islands, Australia (at 10°7′S 142°5′E﻿ / ﻿10.117°S 142.083°E﻿ / -10.117; 142.083﻿ (Torres Strait Islands)) 10°42′S 142°0′E﻿ / ﻿10.700°S 142.000°E﻿ / -10.700; 142.000﻿ (Gulf of Carpentaria) Gulf of Carpentaria 11°46′S 142°0′E﻿ / ﻿11.767°S 142.000°E﻿ / -11.767; 142.000﻿ (Australia)  Australia Queensland New South Wales — from 29°0′S 142°0′E﻿ / ﻿29.000°S 142.000°E﻿ / -29.000; 142.000﻿ (New South Wales) Victoria — from 34°7′S 142°0′E﻿ / ﻿34.117°S 142.000°E﻿ / -34.117; 142.000﻿ (Victoria) 38°18′S 142°0′E﻿ / ﻿38.300°S 142.000°E﻿ / -38.300; 142.000﻿ (Indian Ocean) Indian Ocean Australian authorities consider this to be part of the Southern Ocean 38°24′S 142°0′E﻿ / ﻿38.400°S 142.000°E﻿ / -38.400; 142.000﻿ (Australia)  Australia Victoria — Lady Julia Percy Island 38°25′S 142°0′E﻿ / ﻿38.417°S 142.000°E﻿ / -38.417; 142.000﻿ (Indian Ocean) Indian Ocean Australian authorities consider this to be part of the Southern Ocean 60°0′S 142°0′E﻿ / ﻿60.000°S 142.000°E﻿ / -60.000; 142.000﻿ (Southern Ocean) Southern Ocean 66°49′S 142°0′E﻿ / ﻿66.817°S 142.000°E﻿ / -66.817; 142.000﻿ (Antarctica) Antarctica Adélie Land, claimed by France
