173rd meridian east

Line of longitude June 2025 173 The meridian 173° 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 173rd meridian east forms a great circle with the 7th meridian west. From Pole to Pole Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 173rd meridian east passes through: {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" ! scope="col" width="130" | Co-ordinates ! scope="col" | Country, territory or sea ! scope="col" | Notes |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 90 0 N 173 0 E type:waterbody Arctic Ocean ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Arctic Ocean | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 73 12 N 173 0 E type:waterbody East Siberian Sea ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | East Siberian Sea | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | |-valign="top" | 69 52 N 173 0 E type:country Russia ! scope="row" | | Chukotka Autonomous Okrug Kamchatka Krai — from 62 23 N 173 0 E type:adm1st Kamchatka Krai |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 61 25 N 173 0 E type:waterbody Bering Sea ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Bering Sea | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | |- | 52 59 N 173 0 E type:country United States ! scope="row" | | Alaska — Attu Island |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 52 47 N 173 0 E type:waterbody Pacific Ocean ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Pacific Ocean | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | |- | 3 24 N 173 0 E type:country Kiribati ! scope="row" | | Makin Islands |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 3 23 N 173 0 E type:waterbody Pacific Ocean ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Pacific Ocean | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Passing just east of Butaritari atoll, (at 3 10 N 172 58 E type:isle Butatitari) |- | 1 52 N 173 0 E type:country Kiribati ! scope="row" | | Abaiang and Tarawa atolls |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 1 19 N 173 0 E type:waterbody Pacific Ocean ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Pacific Ocean | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | |- | 1 1 N 173 0 E type:country Kiribati ! scope="row" | | Maiana atoll |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 0 50 N 173 0 E type:waterbody Pacific Ocean ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Pacific Ocean | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | |-valign="top" | 34 23 S 173 0 E type:country New Zealand ! scope="row" | | North Island — North Auckland Peninsula, passing close by the island's northernmost point, the Surville Cliffs |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 34 48 S 173 0 E type:waterbody Pacific Ocean ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Pacific Ocean | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | |- | 40 48 S 173 0 E type:country New Zealand ! scope="row" | | South Island |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 43 4 S 173 0 E type:waterbody Pacific Ocean ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Pacific Ocean | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Pegasus Bay |- | 43 39 S 173 0 E type:country New Zealand ! scope="row" | | South Island — Banks Peninsula |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 43 53 S 173 0 E type:waterbody Pacific Ocean ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Pacific Ocean | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 60 0 S 173 0 E type:waterbody Southern Ocean ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Southern Ocean | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | |- | 77 30 S 173 0 E type:country Antarctica ! scope="row" | Antarctica | Ross Dependency, claimed by |- |} See also 172nd meridian east 174th meridian east References collapsed e173 meridian east