title: 120th meridian east
text: # 120th meridian east
  
  The meridian 120° east of Greenwich is a line of longitude that extends from the North Pole across the Arctic Ocean, Asia, the Indian Ocean, Australia, the Southern Ocean, and Antarctica to the South Pole. In mean solar time this offset is the UTC+08:00 time zone.
  
  The 120th meridian east forms a great circle with the 60th meridian west.
  
  ## From Pole to Pole
  
  Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 120th meridian east passes through:
  
      Co-ordinates Country, territory or sea Notes 90°0′N 120°0′E﻿ / ﻿90.000°N 120.000°E﻿ / 90.000; 120.000﻿ (Arctic Ocean) Arctic Ocean 78°22′N 120°0′E﻿ / ﻿78.367°N 120.000°E﻿ / 78.367; 120.000﻿ (Laptev Sea) Laptev Sea 73°10′N 120°0′E﻿ / ﻿73.167°N 120.000°E﻿ / 73.167; 120.000﻿ (Russia)  Russia Sakha Republic Amur Oblast — from 56°55′N 120°0′E﻿ / ﻿56.917°N 120.000°E﻿ / 56.917; 120.000﻿ (Amur Oblast) Zabaykalsky Krai — from 56°30′N 120°0′E﻿ / ﻿56.500°N 120.000°E﻿ / 56.500; 120.000﻿ (Zabaykalsky Krai) 51°31′N 120°0′E﻿ / ﻿51.517°N 120.000°E﻿ / 51.517; 120.000﻿ (China)  People's Republic of China Inner Mongolia Liaoning – from 41°42′N 120°0′E﻿ / ﻿41.700°N 120.000°E﻿ / 41.700; 120.000﻿ (Liaoning) 40°4′N 120°0′E﻿ / ﻿40.067°N 120.000°E﻿ / 40.067; 120.000﻿ (Bohai Sea) Bohai Sea 37°25′N 120°0′E﻿ / ﻿37.417°N 120.000°E﻿ / 37.417; 120.000﻿ (China)  People's Republic of China Shandong (Shandong Peninsula) 35°43′N 120°0′E﻿ / ﻿35.717°N 120.000°E﻿ / 35.717; 120.000﻿ (Yellow Sea) Yellow Sea 34°26′N 120°0′E﻿ / ﻿34.433°N 120.000°E﻿ / 34.433; 120.000﻿ (China)  People's Republic of China Jiangsu Zhejiang – from 31°1′N 120°0′E﻿ / ﻿31.017°N 120.000°E﻿ / 31.017; 120.000﻿ (Zhejiang), passing just west of Hangzhou (at 30°15′N 120°10′E﻿ / ﻿30.250°N 120.167°E﻿ / 30.250; 120.167﻿ (Hangzhou)) Fujian – from 27°19′N 120°0′E﻿ / ﻿27.317°N 120.000°E﻿ / 27.317; 120.000﻿ (Fujian) 26°36′N 120°0′E﻿ / ﻿26.600°N 120.000°E﻿ / 26.600; 120.000﻿ (East China Sea) East China Sea 25°23′N 120°0′E﻿ / ﻿25.383°N 120.000°E﻿ / 25.383; 120.000﻿ (South China Sea) South China Sea Passing through the Taiwan Strait, just west of the island of Taiwan, Republic of China (at 23°5′N 120°2′E﻿ / ﻿23.083°N 120.033°E﻿ / 23.083; 120.033﻿ (Taiwan)) 16°20′N 120°0′E﻿ / ﻿16.333°N 120.000°E﻿ / 16.333; 120.000﻿ (Philippines)  Philippines Islands of Cabarruyan and Luzon 15°17′N 120°0′E﻿ / ﻿15.283°N 120.000°E﻿ / 15.283; 120.000﻿ (South China Sea) South China Sea Passing just west of the Lubang Islands, Philippines (at 13°53′N 120°1′E﻿ / ﻿13.883°N 120.017°E﻿ / 13.883; 120.017﻿ (Lubang)) 12°16′N 120°0′E﻿ / ﻿12.267°N 120.000°E﻿ / 12.267; 120.000﻿ (Philippines)  Philippines Islands of Busuanga and Culion 11°41′N 120°0′E﻿ / ﻿11.683°N 120.000°E﻿ / 11.683; 120.000﻿ (Sulu Sea) Sulu Sea 10°34′N 120°0′E﻿ / ﻿10.567°N 120.000°E﻿ / 10.567; 120.000﻿ (Philippines)  Philippines Island of Dumaran 10°33′N 120°0′E﻿ / ﻿10.550°N 120.000°E﻿ / 10.550; 120.000﻿ (Sulu Sea) Sulu Sea Passing through Tubbataha Reef, Philippines (at 8°55′N 120°0′E﻿ / ﻿8.917°N 120.000°E﻿ / 8.917; 120.000﻿ (Tubbataha Reef)) 5°56′N 120°0′E﻿ / ﻿5.933°N 120.000°E﻿ / 5.933; 120.000﻿ (Philippines)  Philippines Island of Laparan 5°52′N 120°0′E﻿ / ﻿5.867°N 120.000°E﻿ / 5.867; 120.000﻿ (Sulu Sea) Sulu Sea 5°14′N 120°0′E﻿ / ﻿5.233°N 120.000°E﻿ / 5.233; 120.000﻿ (Philippines)  Philippines Islands of Tawi-Tawi and Bilatan 4°57′N 120°0′E﻿ / ﻿4.950°N 120.000°E﻿ / 4.950; 120.000﻿ (Celebes Sea) Celebes Sea 1°12′N 120°0′E﻿ / ﻿1.200°N 120.000°E﻿ / 1.200; 120.000﻿ (Makassar Strait) Makassar Strait 0°29′N 120°0′E﻿ / ﻿0.483°N 120.000°E﻿ / 0.483; 120.000﻿ (Indonesia)  Indonesia Island of Sulawesi 5°34′S 120°0′E﻿ / ﻿5.567°S 120.000°E﻿ / -5.567; 120.000﻿ (Flores Sea) Flores Sea 8°27′S 120°0′E﻿ / ﻿8.450°S 120.000°E﻿ / -8.450; 120.000﻿ (Indonesia)  Indonesia Island of Flores 8°49′S 120°0′E﻿ / ﻿8.817°S 120.000°E﻿ / -8.817; 120.000﻿ (Sumba Strait) Sumba Strait 9°22′S 120°0′E﻿ / ﻿9.367°S 120.000°E﻿ / -9.367; 120.000﻿ (Indonesia)  Indonesia Island of Sumba 10°2′S 120°0′E﻿ / ﻿10.033°S 120.000°E﻿ / -10.033; 120.000﻿ (Indian Ocean) Indian Ocean 19°56′S 120°0′E﻿ / ﻿19.933°S 120.000°E﻿ / -19.933; 120.000﻿ (Australia)  Australia Western Australia 33°56′S 120°0′E﻿ / ﻿33.933°S 120.000°E﻿ / -33.933; 120.000﻿ (Indian Ocean) Indian Ocean Australian authorities consider this to be part of the Southern Ocean 60°0′S 120°0′E﻿ / ﻿60.000°S 120.000°E﻿ / -60.000; 120.000﻿ (Southern Ocean) Southern Ocean 66°52′S 120°0′E﻿ / ﻿66.867°S 120.000°E﻿ / -66.867; 120.000﻿ (Antarctica) Antarctica Australian Antarctic Territory, claimed by Australia
  