title: 151st meridian east
text: # 151st meridian east
  
  The meridian 151° 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.
  
  The 151st meridian east forms a great circle with the 29th meridian west.
  
  ## From Pole to Pole
  
  Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 151st meridian east passes through:
  
      Co-ordinates Country, territory or sea Notes 90°0′N 151°0′E﻿ / ﻿90.000°N 151.000°E﻿ / 90.000; 151.000﻿ (Arctic Ocean) Arctic Ocean 76°50′N 151°0′E﻿ / ﻿76.833°N 151.000°E﻿ / 76.833; 151.000﻿ (East Siberian Sea) East Siberian Sea Passing just east of New Siberia Island, Sakha Republic, Russia (at 75°7′N 150°59′E﻿ / ﻿75.117°N 150.983°E﻿ / 75.117; 150.983﻿ (New Siberia Island)) 71°23′N 151°0′E﻿ / ﻿71.383°N 151.000°E﻿ / 71.383; 151.000﻿ (Russia)  Russia Sakha Republic Magadan Oblast (Atka) — from 64°20′N 151°0′E﻿ / ﻿64.333°N 151.000°E﻿ / 64.333; 151.000﻿ (Magadan Oblast) 59°34′N 151°0′E﻿ / ﻿59.567°N 151.000°E﻿ / 59.567; 151.000﻿ (Sea of Okhotsk) Sea of Okhotsk Passing between Zavyalov Island and the Koni Peninsula, Magadan Oblast, Russia (at 59°5′N 151°0′E﻿ / ﻿59.083°N 151.000°E﻿ / 59.083; 151.000﻿ (Zavyalov Island)) Passing just east of the Chirpoy islands, Sakhalin Oblast, Russia (at 46°31′N 150°56′E﻿ / ﻿46.517°N 150.933°E﻿ / 46.517; 150.933﻿ (Chirpoy Islands)) 46°33′N 151°0′E﻿ / ﻿46.550°N 151.000°E﻿ / 46.550; 151.000﻿ (Pacific Ocean) Pacific Ocean 2°42′S 151°0′E﻿ / ﻿2.700°S 151.000°E﻿ / -2.700; 151.000﻿ (Papua New Guinea)  Papua New Guinea Island of New Ireland 2°48′S 151°0′E﻿ / ﻿2.800°S 151.000°E﻿ / -2.800; 151.000﻿ (Pacific Ocean) Pacific Ocean Bismarck Sea 2°57′S 151°0′E﻿ / ﻿2.950°S 151.000°E﻿ / -2.950; 151.000﻿ (Papua New Guinea)  Papua New Guinea Dyaul Island 2°58′S 151°0′E﻿ / ﻿2.967°S 151.000°E﻿ / -2.967; 151.000﻿ (Pacific Ocean) Pacific Ocean Bismarck Sea 5°23′S 151°0′E﻿ / ﻿5.383°S 151.000°E﻿ / -5.383; 151.000﻿ (Papua New Guinea)  Papua New Guinea Island of New Britain 6°2′S 151°0′E﻿ / ﻿6.033°S 151.000°E﻿ / -6.033; 151.000﻿ (Solomon Sea) Solomon Sea 8°30′S 151°0′E﻿ / ﻿8.500°S 151.000°E﻿ / -8.500; 151.000﻿ (Papua New Guinea)  Papua New Guinea Island of Kiriwina 8°33′S 151°0′E﻿ / ﻿8.550°S 151.000°E﻿ / -8.550; 151.000﻿ (Solomon Sea) Solomon Sea 9°35′S 151°0′E﻿ / ﻿9.583°S 151.000°E﻿ / -9.583; 151.000﻿ (Papua New Guinea)  Papua New Guinea Sanaroa Island 9°38′S 151°0′E﻿ / ﻿9.633°S 151.000°E﻿ / -9.633; 151.000﻿ (Solomon Sea) Solomon Sea 9°55′S 151°0′E﻿ / ﻿9.917°S 151.000°E﻿ / -9.917; 151.000﻿ (Papua New Guinea)  Papua New Guinea Normanby Island 10°7′S 151°0′E﻿ / ﻿10.117°S 151.000°E﻿ / -10.117; 151.000﻿ (Solomon Sea) Solomon Sea 10°16′S 151°0′E﻿ / ﻿10.267°S 151.000°E﻿ / -10.267; 151.000﻿ (Papua New Guinea)  Papua New Guinea Nuakata Island 10°17′S 151°0′E﻿ / ﻿10.283°S 151.000°E﻿ / -10.283; 151.000﻿ (Solomon Sea) Solomon Sea 10°35′S 151°0′E﻿ / ﻿10.583°S 151.000°E﻿ / -10.583; 151.000﻿ (Papua New Guinea)  Papua New Guinea Basilaki Island 10°39′S 151°0′E﻿ / ﻿10.650°S 151.000°E﻿ / -10.650; 151.000﻿ (Coral Sea) Coral Sea Passing through Australia's Coral Sea Islands Territory 23°29′S 151°0′E﻿ / ﻿23.483°S 151.000°E﻿ / -23.483; 151.000﻿ (Australia)  Australia Queensland — Curtis Island and the mainland New South Wales — from 28°44′S 151°0′E﻿ / ﻿28.733°S 151.000°E﻿ / -28.733; 151.000﻿ (New South Wales), passing through Parramatta (at 33°49′S 151°00′E﻿ / ﻿33.817°S 151.000°E﻿ / -33.817; 151.000﻿ (Parramatta)) in western Sydney 34°14′S 151°0′E﻿ / ﻿34.233°S 151.000°E﻿ / -34.233; 151.000﻿ (Pacific Ocean) Pacific Ocean 60°0′S 151°0′E﻿ / ﻿60.000°S 151.000°E﻿ / -60.000; 151.000﻿ (Southern Ocean) Southern Ocean 68°18′S 151°0′E﻿ / ﻿68.300°S 151.000°E﻿ / -68.300; 151.000﻿ (Antarctica) Antarctica Australian Antarctic Territory, claimed by Australia
  