Loading AI tools
The meridian 177° west of Greenwich is a line of longitude that extends from the North Pole across the Arctic Ocean, Asia, the Pacific Ocean, the Southern Ocean, and Antarctica to the South Pole.
 |
.svg)
177°
177th meridian west
The 177th meridian west forms a great circle with the 3rd meridian east.
Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 177th meridian west passes through:
| Co-ordinates | Country, territory or sea | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 90°0′N 177°0′W | Arctic Ocean | |
| 71°42′N 177°0′W | Chukchi Sea | Passing just east of Wrangel Island, Chukotka Autonomous Okrug,  Russia (at 71°13′N 177°27′W) |
| 68°8′N 177°0′W | Russia |
Chukotka Autonomous Okrug |
| 65°36′N 177°0′W | Bering Sea | Passing just east of Kanaga Island, Alaska,  United States (at 51°54′N 177°2′W)Passing just west of Adak Island, Alaska, United States (at 51°37′N 176°59′W) |
| 51°40′N 177°0′W | Pacific Ocean | Passing just east of Midway Atoll,  United States Minor Outlying Islands (at 28°12′N 177°19′W)Passing just west of Howland Island, United States Minor Outlying Islands (at 0°48′N 176°38′W)Passing just west of Chatham Island,  New Zealand (at 43°49′S 176°54′W) |
| 60°0′S 177°0′W | Southern Ocean | |
| 78°25′S 177°0′W | Antarctica | Ross Dependency, claimed by New Zealand |
Wikiwand in your browser!
Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.
Every time you click a link to Wikipedia, Wiktionary or Wikiquote in your browser's search results, it will show the modern Wikiwand interface.
Wikiwand extension is a five stars, simple, with minimum permission required to keep your browsing private, safe and transparent.
