118th meridian east

The meridian 118° east of Greenwich is a line of longitude^[1] that extends from the North Pole across the Arctic Ocean, Asia, the Indian Ocean, Australasia, the Southern Ocean, and Antarctica to the South Pole.

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118th meridian east

The 118th meridian east forms a great circle with the 62nd meridian west.

From Pole to Pole

Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 118th meridian east passes through:

Co-ordinates	Country, territory or sea	Notes
90°0′N 118°0′E	Arctic Ocean
78°36′N 118°0′E	Laptev Sea
73°35′N 118°0′E	Russia	Sakha Republic Irkutsk Oblast — from 59°34′N 118°0′E Zabaykalsky Krai — from 58°25′N 118°0′E
49°36′N 118°0′E	People's Republic of China	Inner Mongolia
48°2′N 118°0′E	Mongolia
46°37′N 118°0′E	People's Republic of China	Inner Mongolia Hebei – for about 17 km from 42°25′N 118°0′E Inner Mongolia – for about 4 km from 42°16′N 118°0′E Hebei – from 42°13′N 118°0′E Tianjin – from 39°21′N 118°0′E
39°13′N 118°0′E	Bohai Sea
38°11′N 118°0′E	People's Republic of China	Shandong Jiangsu – from 34°38′N 118°0′E Anhui – from 33°45′N 118°0′E Jiangsu – from 33°22′N 118°0′E Anhui – from 33°12′N 118°0′E Jiangxi – from 29°31′N 118°0′E Fujian – from 27°59′N 118°0′E, passing just west of Xiamen (at 24°27′N 118°4′E)
24°11′N 118°0′E	South China Sea	Passing just east of the disputed Scarborough Shoal (at 15°7′N 117°51′E)
9°14′N 118°0′E	Philippines	Island of Palawan
8°53′N 118°0′E	Sulu Sea
6°3′N 118°0′E	Malaysia	Sabah – island of Borneo
4°13′N 118°0′E	Celebes Sea
2°24′N 118°0′E	Indonesia	East Kalimantan – island of Borneo
2°12′N 118°0′E	Celebes Sea
1°47′N 118°0′E	Indonesia	East Kalimantan – island of Borneo
0°47′N 118°0′E	Makassar Strait
4°57′S 118°0′E	Java Sea	Passing by numerous small islands of  Indonesia
6°59′S 118°0′E	Flores Sea	Passing by numerous small islands of  Indonesia
8°6′S 118°0′E	Indonesia	Island of Sumbawa
8°52′S 118°0′E	Indian Ocean
20°28′S 118°0′E	Australia	Western Australia
35°6′S 118°0′E	Indian Ocean	Australian authorities consider this to be part of the Southern Ocean[2][3]
60°0′S 118°0′E	Southern Ocean
66°59′S 118°0′E	Antarctica	Australian Antarctic Territory, claimed by  Australia

See also

• 117th meridian east
• 119th meridian east