157th meridian east
157°
157th meridian east
The meridian 157° east of Greenwich is a line of longitude[1] that extends from the North Pole across the Arctic Ocean, Asia, the Pacific Ocean, Australasia, the Southern Ocean, and Antarctica to the South Pole. [2][3]
The 157th meridian east forms a great circle with the 23rd meridian west.
From Pole to Pole
Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 157th meridian east passes through:
See also
References
- ^ "What is longitude?". oceanservice.noaa.gov. Retrieved 30 June 2025.
- ^ T. Vincenty (April 1975). "Direct and Inverse Solutions of Geodesics on the Ellipsoid with application of nested equation" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-01-28. Retrieved 2017-05-17.
- ^ "Vincenty formula for distance between two Latitude/Longitude points". Movable type scripts. Archived from the original on 2013-01-28. Retrieved 2017-05-17.