120th meridian east

<p>The meridian 120° east of <a href="/facts/Prime_Meridian/d8KLy9r2">Greenwich</a> is a line of <a href="/facts/Longitude/HsC61ML9">longitude</a> that extends from the <a href="/facts/North_Pole/gjfItQJH">North Pole</a> across the <a href="/facts/Arctic_Ocean/l6HS3QyV">Arctic Ocean</a>, <a href="/facts/Asia/4IToYrrQ">Asia</a>, the <a href="/facts/Indian_Ocean/Kv0crwKG">Indian Ocean</a>, <a href="/facts/Australia/qLHpbppq">Australia</a>, the <a href="/facts/Southern_Ocean/F15W9ADT">Southern Ocean</a>, and <a href="/facts/Antarctica/bEM5Lem5">Antarctica</a> to the <a href="/facts/South_Pole/jBdpXTnh">South Pole</a>.  In mean solar time this offset is the <a href="/facts/UTC%2B08:00/1rN9I1k3">UTC+08:00</a> time zone.
</p><p>The 120th meridian east forms a <a href="/facts/Great_ellipse/q8258fJc">great ellipse</a> with the <a href="/facts/60th_meridian_west/CKFh0Gnn">60th meridian west</a>. The 120th meridian east is the easternmost of South China Sea, according to Vietnam's typhoon warning region.
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120th meridian east