The meridian 131° east of Greenwich is a line of longitude that extends from the North Pole across the Arctic Ocean, Asia, Australia, the Indian Ocean, the Southern Ocean, and Antarctica to the South Pole.

The 131st meridian east forms a great circle with the 49th meridian west.

Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 131st meridian east passes through:

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Co-ordinates	Country, territory or sea	Notes
90°0′N 131°0′E	Arctic Ocean
77°7′N 131°0′E	Laptev Sea
70°44′N 131°0′E	Russia	Sakha Republic Khabarovsk Krai — from 56°10′N 131°0′E Amur Oblast — from 55°42′N 131°0′E Khabarovsk Krai — from 54°18′N 131°0′E Amur Oblast — from 53°49′N 131°0′E Khabarovsk Krai — from 51°10′N 131°0′E Amur Oblast — from 50°24′N 131°0′E Jewish Autonomous Oblast — from 48°58′N 131°0′E
47°41′N 131°0′E	People's Republic of China	Heilongjiang
44°52′N 131°0′E	Russia	Primorsky Krai — for about 6 km (3.7 mi)
44°48′N 131°0′E	People's Republic of China	Heilongjiang Jilin — from 43°29′N 131°0′E
42°51′N 131°0′E	Russia	Primorsky Krai
42°38′N 131°0′E	Sea of Japan	Passing just east of the island of Ulleungdo,  South Korea (at 37°30′N 130°55′E) Passing just west of the island of Mishima, Yamaguchi Prefecture,  Japan (at 34°47′N 131°7′E)
34°26′N 131°0′E	Japan	Island of Honshū, Yamaguchi Prefecture (passing through Chōfu station in eastern Shimonoseki)
33°59′N 131°0′E	Kanmon Straits
33°57′N 131°0′E	Japan	Island of Kyūshū — Fukuoka Prefecture — Ōita Prefecture — from 33°31′N 131°0′E — Kumamoto Prefecture — from 33°10′N 131°0′E — Ōita Prefecture — from 33°7′N 131°0′E — Kumamoto Prefecture — from 33°1′N 131°0′E — Miyazaki Prefecture — from 32°9′N 131°0′E — Kagoshima Prefecture — from 31°44′N 131°0′E
31°11′N 131°0′E	East China Sea
30°44′N 131°0′E	Japan	Island of Tanegashima, Kagoshima Prefecture
30°32′N 131°0′E	Pacific Ocean	Passing just west of the island of Minami Daitō, Okinawa Prefecture,  Japan (at 25°50′N 131°12′E) Passing just west of the island of Oki Daitō, Okinawa Prefecture,  Japan (at 24°28′N 131°11′E) Passing just west of the island of Tobi,  Palau (at 3°0′N 131°7′E) Passing just west of the Asia Islands,  Indonesia (at 1°0′N 131°13′E) Passing just west of the Ayu Islands,  Indonesia (at 3°23′N 131°1′E)
0°3′S 131°0′E	Indonesia	Island of Waigeo
0°21′S 131°0′E	Dampier Strait
0°56′S 131°0′E	Indonesia	Islands of Salawati and New Guinea
1°28′S 131°0′E	Ceram Sea	Passing just east of the island of Seram,  Indonesia (at 3°35′S 130°52′E)
3°54′S 131°0′E	Banda Sea
7°26′S 131°0′E	Indonesia	Island of Wuliaru
7°30′S 131°0′E	Banda Sea
7°40′S 131°0′E	Indonesia	Island of Seira
7°44′S 131°0′E	Banda Sea
8°6′S 131°0′E	Indonesia	Island of Selaru
8°13′S 131°0′E	Arafura Sea
9°3′S 131°0′E	Timor Sea
11°21′S 131°0′E	Australia	Northern Territory — Melville Island
11°54′S 131°0′E	Clarence Strait
12°10′S 131°0′E	Australia	Northern Territory South Australia — from 26°0′S 131°0′E
31°33′S 131°0′E	Indian Ocean	Australian authorities consider this to be part of the Southern Ocean[1][2]
60°0′S 131°0′E	Southern Ocean
66°6′S 131°0′E	Antarctica	Australian Antarctic Territory, claimed by  Australia

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