174th meridian west

The meridian 174° 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.

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174th meridian west

The 174th meridian west forms a great circle with the 6th meridian east.

From Pole to Pole

Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 174th meridian west passes through:

Co-ordinates	Country, territory or sea	Notes
90°0′N 174°0′W	Arctic Ocean
71°47′N 174°0′W	Chukchi Sea
67°5′N 174°0′W	Russland	Chukotka Autonomous Okrug — Chukchi Peninsula
66°53′N 174°0′W	Kolyuchinskaya Bay
66°38′N 174°0′W	Russland	Chukotka Autonomous Okrug — Chukchi Peninsula
64°27′N 174°0′W	Bering Sea
52°21′N 174°0′W	Vereinigte Staaten	Alaska — Atka Island and Amlia Island
52°6′N 174°0′W	Pacific Ocean	Passing just west of Lisianski Island, Hawaii, Vereinigte Staaten (at 26°4′N 173°58′W) Passing just west of the island of Niuatoputapu, Tonga (at 15°58′S 173°46′W) Passing just east of the island of Toku, Tonga (at 18°9′S 174°10′W)
18°34′S 174°0′W	Tonga	Islands of Vavaʻu
18°42′S 174°0′W	Pacific Ocean
60°0′S 174°0′W	Southern Ocean
78°26′S 174°0′W	Antarktis	Ross Dependency, claimed by Neuseeland

See also

• 173rd meridian west
• 175th meridian west