141st meridian east

File:Fly and Sepik Rivers, Papua.jpg

The 141st meridian divides the island of New Guinea between Indonesia (in green) and Papua New Guinea above the northern crossing of the Fly River with said meridian.

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In Australia the meridian defines part of the border of South Australia with Queensland, all of its border with New South Wales, and it approximates its border with Victoria.

The 141st 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 141st meridian east forms a great circle with the 39th meridian west.

As a border

On the island of New Guinea, the meridian defines part of the land border between Indonesia on the west and Papua New Guinea on the east. The Fly River forms the border where it flows west of the 141st meridian. South of the Fly, the border runs slightly to the east of, and parallel to, the meridian (see Indonesia–Papua New Guinea border).

In Australia, it forms the eastern boundary of the state of South Australia, bordering Queensland and New South Wales. The border between South Australia and Victoria was originally proclaimed to be exactly on the 141st meridian, but measurement errors resulted in the present border being about Template:Cvt west of this line at 140°57'45" (see South Australia–Victoria border dispute).

From Pole to Pole

Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 141st meridian east passes through:

Co-ordinates	Country, territory or sea	Notes
	Arctic Ocean
		Sakha Republic — Kotelny Island, New Siberian Islands
	East Siberian Sea	Sannikov Strait
		Sakha Republic — Little Lyakhovsky Island, New Siberian Islands
	East Siberian Sea	Sannikov Strait
		Sakha Republic — Great Lyakhovsky Island, New Siberian Islands
	East Siberian Sea	Laptev Strait
		Sakha Republic Khabarovsk Krai — from
	Laptev Sea
		Khabarovsk Krai
	Sea of Okhotsk
		Khabarovsk Krai
	Strait of Tartary	Passing just west of Moneron Island, Sakhalin Oblast, (at )
		Hokkaidō Prefecture — Rebun Island
	Sea of Japan
		Hokkaidō Prefecture — island of Hokkaidō (passing through Otaru)
	Pacific Ocean	Uchiura Bay
		Hokkaidō Prefecture — Oshima Peninsula, island of Hokkaidō
	Tsugaru Strait
		Aomori Prefecture — Shimokita Peninsula, island of Honshū
	Mutsu Bay
		Island of Honshū — Aomori Prefecture — Iwate Prefecture — from — Miyagi Prefecture — from
	Pacific Ocean	Sendai Bay
		Fukushima Prefecture, island of Honshū
	Pacific Ocean	Passing just east of the island of Nishinoshima, Tokyo Prefecture, (at )
	/ border
		The border diverts west to follow the Fly River
		The border with runs parallel to the meridian, about Template:Cvt to the east
	Arafura Sea
	Gulf of Carpentaria
		Queensland South Australia / Queensland border — from South Australia / New South Wales border — from Victoria — from , the border with South Australia runs parallel to the meridian, about Template:Cvt to the west (see above)
	Indian Ocean	Australian authorities consider this to be part of the Southern Ocean
	Southern Ocean
	Antarctica	Adélie Land, claimed by

See also

• 140th meridian east
• 142nd meridian east
• Treaty of Zaragoza