The 158th east longitude meridian is a longitude line separated by 158 degrees east from the Greenwich meridian , passing from the North Pole through the Arctic Ocean , Asia , Pacific Ocean , Australasia , Antarctic Ocean , Antarctica to the South Pole and forming orthodromy with the 22nd meridian of western longitude .
Starting from the North Pole and southward to the South Pole, the 158th meridian of east longitude passes through:
Coordinates (approximated) | Country, Territory or Sea | Notes |
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Arctic Ocean | ||
Russia | Jeannette Island | |
East-Siberian Sea | ||
Russia | ||
Sea of Okhotsk | Shelikhov Bay | |
Russia | Kamchatka Peninsula | |
Pacific Ocean | ||
Micronesia | Atoll Ant - passes to the west of the island of Pohnpei | |
Pacific Ocean | Passes between the islands of Sikopo and Kerehikapa , Solomon islands | |
New Georgia Strait | ||
Solomon islands | Islands Marovo and Vangunu | |
Solomon Sea | ||
Coral sea | Passes to the east of the islands of Chesterfield , New Caledonia | |
Pacific Ocean | ||
Antarctic Ocean | ||
Antarctica | Australian Antarctic Territory , Territorial Claim Australia |