161st meridian west

The meridian 161° west of Greenwich is a line of longitude that extends from the North Pole across the Arctic Ocean, North America, the Pacific Ocean, the Southern Ocean, and Antarctica to the South Pole.

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161st meridian west

The 161st meridian west forms a great circle with the 19th meridian east.

From Pole to Pole

Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 161st meridian west passes through:

Co-ordinates Country, territory or sea Notes
90°0′N 161°0′W Arctic Ocean
71°37′N 161°0′W Chukchi Sea
70°21′N 161°0′W  United States Alaska
64°51′N 161°0′W Bering Sea Norton Bay
64°33′N 161°0′W  United States Alaska
64°15′N 161°0′W Bering Sea Norton Sound - passing just east of Besboro Island, Alaska,  United States (at 64°7′N 161°17′W)
63°37′N 161°0′W  United States Alaska — mainland and Hagemeister Island
58°33′N 161°0′W Bering Sea Bristol Bay
56°1′N 161°0′W  United States AlaskaKudobin Islands and Alaska Peninsula
55°26′N 161°0′W Pacific Ocean Passing just west of Unga Island, Alaska,  United States (at 55°19′N 160°51′W)
Passing just east of Rakahanga atoll,  Cook Islands (at 10°1′S 161°4′W)
10°22′S 161°0′W  Cook Islands Manihiki atoll
10°26′S 161°0′W Pacific Ocean
60°0′S 161°0′W Southern Ocean
78°2′S 161°0′W Antarctica Ross Dependency, claimed by  New Zealand

See also

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