162nd meridian west

The meridian 162° 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 162nd meridian west forms a great circle with the 18th meridian east.

From Pole to Pole
Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 162nd meridian west passes through:


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 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 90°N, -162°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 90°N, -162°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" |
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 71.66667°N, -162°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 71.66667°N, -162°W
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 * 70.3°N, -162°W
 * 70.3°N, -162°W
 * Alaska
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 67.03333°N, -162°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 67.03333°N, -162°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Hotham Inlet
 * 66.61667°N, -162°W
 * 66.61667°N, -162°W
 * Alaska — Baldwin Peninsula
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 66.58333°N, -162°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 66.58333°N, -162°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Kotzebue Sound
 * 66.05°N, -162°W
 * 66.05°N, -162°W
 * Alaska — Seward Peninsula
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 64.7°N, -162°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 64.7°N, -162°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Norton Sound
 * 63.45°N, -162°W
 * 63.45°N, -162°W
 * Alaska
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 59.81667°N, -162°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 59.81667°N, -162°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Kuskokwim Bay
 * 59.23333°N, -162°W
 * 59.23333°N, -162°W
 * Alaska
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 59.16667°N, -162°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 59.16667°N, -162°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Kuskokwim Bay
 * 58.68333°N, -162°W
 * 58.68333°N, -162°W
 * Alaska — Cape Newenham
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 58.61667°N, -162°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 58.61667°N, -162°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Bristol Bay
 * 55.8°N, -162°W
 * 55.8°N, -162°W
 * Alaska — Alaska Peninsula
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 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 55.08333°N, -162°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Passing just west of the Iliasik Islands, Alaska, 🇺🇸 (at 55.06667°N, -161.96667°W) Passing just west of the island of Nihoa, Hawaii, 🇺🇸 (at 23.06667°N, -161.93333°W) Passing just east of Palmyra Atoll, 🇺🇲 (at 5.88333°N, -162.05°W)
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | -60°N, -162°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | -60°N, -162°W
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 * -78.08333°N, -162°W
 * -78.08333°N, -162°W
 * Ross Dependency, claimed by 🇳🇿
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