163rd meridian west

The meridian 163° 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.

Line across the Earth
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163rd meridian west

The 163rd meridian west forms a great circle with the 17th meridian east.

From Pole to Pole

Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 163rd meridian west passes through:

Co-ordinates Country, territory or sea Notes
90°0′N 163°0′W Arctic Ocean
71°42′N 163°0′W Chukchi Sea
69°46′N 163°0′W  United States Alaska
67°2′N 163°0′W Chukchi Sea Kotzebue Sound
66°5′N 163°0′W  United States Alaska — Seward Peninsula
64°33′N 163°0′W Bering Sea Norton Sound
63°5′N 163°0′W  United States Alaska
59°53′N 163°0′W Bering Sea Passing just east of Amak Island, Alaska,  United States (at 55°25′N 163°7′W)
55°14′N 163°0′W  United States Alaska — Alaska Peninsula
55°4′N 163°0′W Pacific Ocean Passing just east of Unimak Island, Alaska,  United States (at 54°40′N 163°3′W)
Passing just west of Sanak Island, Alaska,  United States (at 54°27′N 162°50′W)
Passing just east of Suwarrow atoll,  Cook Islands (at 13°26′S 163°2′W)
Passing just east of Palmerston Island,  Cook Islands (at 18°4′S 163°9′W)
60°0′S 163°0′W Southern Ocean
78°12′S 163°0′W Antarctica Ross Dependency, claimed by  New Zealand

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