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167th meridian east
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Line of longitude
June 2025
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The meridian 167° east of Greenwich is a line of longitudeWhat is longitude? https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/longitude.html oceanservice.noaa.gov 30 June 2025 en that extends from the North Pole across the Arctic Ocean, Asia, the Pacific Ocean, New Zealand, the Southern Ocean, and Antarctica to the South Pole.
The 167th meridian east forms a great circle with the 13th meridian west.
From Pole to Pole
Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 167th meridian east passes through:
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! scope="col" | Country, territory or sea
! scope="col" | Notes
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| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 90 0 N 167 0 E type:waterbody Arctic Ocean
! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Arctic Ocean
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" |
|-
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 74 39 N 167 0 E type:waterbody East Siberian Sea
! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | East Siberian Sea
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" |
|-valign="top"
| 69 29 N 167 0 E type:country Russia
! scope="row" |
| Chukotka Autonomous Okrug Kamchatka Krai — from 64 33 N 167 0 E type:adm1st Kamchatka Krai
|-
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 60 18 N 167 0 E type:waterbody Bering Sea
! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Bering Sea
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" |
|-
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 54 45 N 167 0 E type:waterbody Pacific Ocean
! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Pacific Ocean
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" |
|-
| 11 28 N 167 0 E type:country Marshall Islands
! scope="row" |
| Rongelap Atoll
|-
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 11 22 N 167 0 E type:waterbody Pacific Ocean
! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Pacific Ocean
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" |
|-
| 9 19 N 167 0 E type:country Marshall Islands
! scope="row" |
| Kwajalein Atoll
|-
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 9 14 N 167 0 E type:waterbody Pacific Ocean
! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Pacific Ocean
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Passing just east of (at 0 31 S 166 56 E type:country Nauru)
|-valign="top"
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 9 48 S 167 0 E type:waterbody Coral Sea
! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Coral Sea
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Passing just west of the Duff Islands, (at 9 50 S 167 6 E type:isle Duff Islands) Passing just east of the Vanikolo Islands, (at 11 38 S 166 59 E type:isle Vanikolo Islands) Passing just east of the Torres Islands, (at 13 25 S 166 42 E type:isle Torres Islands) Passing just west of the Banks Islands, (at 13 31 S 167 17 E type:isle Banks Islands)
|-
| 14 56 S 167 0 E type:country Vanuatu
! scope="row" |
| Island of Espiritu Santo
|-valign="top"
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 15 35 S 167 0 E type:waterbody Coral Sea
! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Coral Sea
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Passing just west of the island of Malo, (at 15 40 S 167 4 E type:isle Malo) Passing just west of the island of Malakula, (at 16 5 S 167 9 E type:isle Malakula) Passing just west of the island of Lifou, (at 20 55 S 167 1 E type:isle Lifou)
|-
| 22 14 S 167 0 E type:country New Caledonia
! scope="row" |
|
|-
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 22 20 S 167 0 E type:waterbody Coral Sea
! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Coral Sea
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" |
|-
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 23 15 S 167 0 E type:waterbody Pacific Ocean
! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Pacific Ocean
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" |
|-
| 45 7 S 167 0 E type:country New Zealand
! scope="row" |
| South Island
|-
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 46 13 S 167 0 E type:waterbody Pacific Ocean
! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Pacific Ocean
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" |
|-
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 60 0 S 167 0 E type:waterbody Southern Ocean
! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Southern Ocean
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" |
|-
| 70 48 S 167 0 E type:country Antarctica
! scope="row" | Antarctica
| Ross Dependency, claimed by
|-
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 73 36 S 167 0 E type:waterbody Southern Ocean
! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Southern Ocean
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Ross Sea
|-
| 77 17 S 167 0 E type:country Antarctica
! scope="row" | Antarctica
| Ross Dependency, claimed by
|-
|}
See also
166th meridian east
168th meridian east
References
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