153rd meridian west

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153rd meridian west

The meridian 153° 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 153rd meridian west forms a great circle with the 27th meridian east.

From Pole to Pole

Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 153rd meridian west passes through:

Co-ordinates	Country, territory or sea	Notes
90°0′N 153°0′W	Arctic Ocean
71°54′N 153°0′W	Beaufort Sea
70°54′N 153°0′W	Vereinigte Staaten	Alaska
59°48′N 153°0′W	Cook Inlet
58°45′N 153°0′W	Shelikof Strait	Passing just east of Cape Douglas, Alaska, Vereinigte Staaten (at 58°51′N 143°14′W)
58°18′N 153°0′W	Vereinigte Staaten	Alaska — Afognak Island, Raspberry Island, Kodiak Island and Sitkalidak Island
57°7′N 153°0′W	Pacific Ocean	Passing just west of Rimatara island, Französisch-Polynesien (at 22°38′S 152°52′W)
60°0′S 153°0′W	Southern Ocean
77°15′S 153°0′W	Antarktis	Ross Dependency, claimed by Neuseeland

See also

• 152nd meridian west
• 154th meridian west