163rd meridian west

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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.

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

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	Vereinigte Staaten	Alaska
67°2′N 163°0′W	Chukchi Sea	Kotzebue Sound
66°5′N 163°0′W	Vereinigte Staaten	Alaska - Seward Peninsula
64°33′N 163°0′W	Bering Sea	Norton Sound
63°5′N 163°0′W	Vereinigte Staaten	Alaska
59°53′N 163°0′W	Bering Sea	Passing just east of Amak Island, Alaska, Vereinigte Staaten
55°14′N 163°0′W	Vereinigte Staaten	Alaska - Alaska Peninsula
55°4′N 163°0′W	Pacific Ocean	Passing just east of Unimak Island, Alaska, Vereinigte Staaten Passing just west of Sanak Island, Alaska, Vereinigte Staaten Passing just east of Suwarrow atoll, Cook Inseln Passing just east of Palmerston Island, Cook Inseln
60°0′S 163°0′W	Southern Ocean
78°12′S 163°0′W	Antarktis	Ross Dependency, claimed by Neuseeland

See also

• 162nd meridian west
• 164th meridian west