141st meridian east
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The 141st meridian east of Greenwich is a line of longitude that extends from the North Pole to the South Pole through Asia, New Guinea and Australia.

On the island of New Guinea, 141° east defines part of the land border between Indonesia on the west and Papua New Guinea on the east. The Fly River forms the border where its path crosses west of the 141st meridian. South of the Fly, the border runs slightly to the east of, and parallel to, the meridian.

In Australia it forms the eastern boundary of the state of South Australia, bordering Queensland and New South Wales. The border between South Australia and Victoria was originally proclaimed to be exactly on the 141st meridian, but measurement errors resulted in the present border being about 3.6km west of this line (see South Australia-Victoria border dispute).

Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 141st meridian east passes through:

Country, territory or sea	Notes
Arctic Ocean
Russia	Islands of Kotelny, Little Lyakhovsky, Great Lyakhovsky and the mainland
Sea of Okhotsk
Russia
Sea of Japan
Japan	Rebun Island
Sea of Japan
Japan	Islands of Hokkaidō and Honshū
Pacific Ocean
Indonesia /  Papua New Guinea border
Papua New Guinea	The border diverts west to follow the Fly River
Indonesia	The border with  Papua New Guinea runs parallel to the meridian, just slightly to the east
Arafura Sea
Gulf of Carpentaria
Australia	Queensland South Australia / Queensland border South Australia / New South Wales border Victoria - the border with South Australia runs parallel to the meridian, just slightly to the west
Indian Ocean
Southern Ocean
Antarctica	Adélie Land, claimed by  France