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.

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:

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! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Arctic Ocean
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! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Laptev Sea
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| Sakha Republic Amur Oblast — from  Zabaykalsky Krai — from 
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| Inner Mongolia Liaoning – from 
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! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Bohai Sea
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| Shandong (Shandong Peninsula)
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! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Yellow Sea
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| Jiangsu Zhejiang – from , passing just west of Hangzhou (at ) Fujian – from 
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! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | East China Sea
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! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | South China Sea
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Passing through the Taiwan Strait, just west of the island of Taiwan,  (at )
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| Islands of Cabarruyan and Luzon
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! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | South China Sea
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Passing just west of the Lubang Islands,  (at )
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| Islands of Busuanga and Culion
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! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Sulu Sea
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| Island of Dumaran
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! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Sulu Sea
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Passing through Tubbataha Reef,  (at )
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| Island of Laparan
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! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Sulu Sea
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| Islands of Tawi-Tawi and Bilatan
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! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Celebes Sea
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! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Makassar Strait
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| Island of Sulawesi
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! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Flores Sea
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| Island of Flores
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! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Sumba Strait
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| Island of Sumba
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! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Indian Ocean
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| Western Australia
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! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Indian Ocean
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! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Southern Ocean
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! scope="row" | Antarctica
| Australian Antarctic Territory, claimed by 
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See also
119th meridian east
121st meridian east

References

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