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Line of longitude From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The meridian 167° 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.
The 167th meridian west forms a great circle with the 13th meridian east.
Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 167th meridian west passes through:
Co-ordinates | Country, territory or sea | Notes |
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90°0′N 167°0′W | Arctic Ocean | |
71°48′N 167°0′W | Chukchi Sea | Passing just west of Point Hope, Alaska, United States (at 68°21′N 166°50′W) |
66°33′N 167°0′W | Bering Sea | |
66°0′N 167°0′W | United States | Alaska — Seward Peninsula |
65°22′N 167°0′W | Bering Sea | |
60°13′N 167°0′W | United States | Alaska — Nunivak Island |
59°59′N 167°0′W | Bering Sea | |
53°57′N 167°0′W | United States | Alaska — Unalaska Island |
53°25′N 167°0′W | Pacific Ocean | The meridian defines the eastern maritime boundary of the Cook Islands from 8°0′S 167°0′W to 23°0′S 167°0′W |
60°0′S 167°0′W | Southern Ocean | |
78°28′S 167°0′W | Antarctica | Ross Dependency, claimed by New Zealand |
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